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Give_up vs Surrender - What's the difference?

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Surrender is a synonym of give_up.



In transitive terms the difference between give_up and surrender

is that give_up is to abandon (someone or something) while surrender is to give up possession of; to yield; to resign.

As a noun surrender is

an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.

give_up

English

Verb

  • To surrender (someone or something).
    • He was surrounded, so gave''' himself '''up .
    They gave''' him '''up to the police.
  • To stop or quit (an activity, etc).
    • They gave up the search when it got dark.
  • To relinquish (something).
    • He gave up his seat to an old man.
  • * 1816 , (Jane Austen), , Volume 1, Chapter 7:
    • "Dear Miss Woodhouse, I would not give up the pleasure and honour of being intimate with you for any thing in the world."
  • To lose hope concerning (someone or something).
    • They gave him up for dead.
  • To abandon (someone or something).
    • I gave up my faith years ago.
  • To admit defeat, to capitulate.
    • OK, I give up , you win.

    Synonyms

    * surrender, yield * blin, cease, discontinue * forlend, surrender, yield * * desert, forlet, forsake * capitulate, surrender, wave the white flag

    Anagrams

    * English phrasal verbs

    surrender

    English

    Alternative forms

    * surrendre (archaic)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
    • I surrender !
  • To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
    • to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
  • (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
    • ''to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
  • To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.

    • Synonyms

    * (l), (l) * wave the white flag

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * capitulation