Eliminate vs Execute - What's the difference?
eliminate | execute |
(slang) To kill (a person or animal).
(physiology) To excrete (waste products).
To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
(accounting) To record amounts in a to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
To kill as punishment for capital crimes.
To carry out; to put into effect.
* Milton
To perform.
To cause to become legally valid; as, to execute a contract.
(computing) To start, launch or run; as, to execute a program.
In transitive terms the difference between eliminate and execute
is that eliminate is To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
execute is to cause to become legally valid; as, to execute a contract.eliminate
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Verb
(eliminat)To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
- Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
- John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
FindMyBestCPA.com - Consolidated Statements (Interco eliminations)
Synonyms
* See also * abrogate * abolishSynonyms
* give the chop to * give the boot to * give the sack to * give the walking papers to * vote offExternal links
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execute
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Verb
(execut)- There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.
- Your orders have been executed , sir!
- I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned.
- Why delays / His hand to execute what his decree / Fixed on this day?
- to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly
- to execute a turn in ballet