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Erasure vs Delete - What's the difference?

erasure | delete |

As nouns the difference between erasure and delete

is that erasure is the action of erasing; deletion; obliteration while delete is a key that may be pressed to delete something (including text or files) from a computer.

erasure

English

Noun

  • The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
  • The state of having been erased; total blankness.
  • *
  • (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.
    • bisexual erasure

    Synonyms

    * (action of erasing) cancelation (US), cancellation (British), canceling (US), cancelling (British), deleting]], deletion, erasing, obliterating, obliteration, [[wipe, wiping * (state of having been erased) blankness

    delete

    English

    (Deletion)

    Noun

    (-)
    • I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete .
  • A remainder of a music or video release.

    • Verb

    (delet)
  • To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
  • (computer) To hide, conceal

    • Synonyms

    * (to get rid of) erase, strike, terminate, cease existence, remove, rub out, strike out, obliterate, cancel, cross out, score, scrub, scrap, scratch, expunge, eliminate, blue-pencil, exclude, squelch

    Antonyms

    * (to get rid of) insert, maintain

    Related terms

    * deleterious * deletion * delible