Evacuate vs Vacate - What's the difference?
evacuate | vacate | Related terms |
To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
* Burke
To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
(figurative) To make empty; to deprive.
* Coleridge
To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.
To leave an office or position.
To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.
To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.
Vacate is a related term of evacuate.
As verbs the difference between evacuate and vacate
is that evacuate is to leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress while vacate is to move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.evacuate
English
Verb
(evacuat)- The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
- The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
- The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
- Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning.
- to evacuate a contract or marriage
- (Francis Bacon)
vacate
English
Verb
(vacat)- I have to vacate my house by midday, as the new owner is moving in.
- You are hereby ordered to vacate the premises within 14 days.
- ''He vacated his coaching position because of the corruption scandal.
- ''The judge vacated the earlier decision when new evidence was presented.
- ''If you do not immediately vacate the area, we will make you leave with tear gas!
