Farewell vs Surrender - What's the difference?
farewell | surrender |
A wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= An act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
Parting, valedictory, final.
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*:“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
goodbye
* Milton
To bid farewell or say goodbye
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 9, author=Neil Wilson and staff writers, title=Tributes for newsman Brian Naylor and wife, killed in fires, work=Herald Sun
, passage=He farewelled viewers with a warm sign-off after each bulletin: "May your news be good news, and goodnight." }}
To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
(intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
(reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
(legal, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
As nouns the difference between farewell and surrender
is that farewell is a wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu while surrender is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.As verbs the difference between farewell and surrender
is that farewell is to bid farewell or say goodbye while surrender is to give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc) to an enemy.As an adjective farewell
is parting, valedictory, final.As an interjection farewell
is goodbye.farewell
English
Noun
(en noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
- And takes her farewell of the glorious sun.
- Before I take my farewell of the subject.
Adjective
(-)Interjection
(en interjection)- He said "Farewell !" and left.
- So farewell' hope, and with hope, ' farewell fear.
Verb
(en verb)citation
surrender
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Alternative forms
* surrendre (archaic)Verb
(en verb)- I surrender !
- to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
- ''to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep