Launching vs Release - What's the difference?
launching | release |
The act by which something is launched; a launch.
* 2010 , Raymond Friedman, A History of Jet Propulsion, Including Rockets (page 123)
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
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, title= (software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be both public or private.
Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
That which is released, untied or let go.
To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
To make available to the public.
To free or liberate; to set free.
To discharge.
(telephone) (of a call) To hang up.
(legal) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
(soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 13, author=Sam Lyon, work=BBC
, title= To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
As verbs the difference between launching and release
is that launching is present participle of lang=en while release is to let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.As nouns the difference between launching and release
is that launching is the act by which something is launched; a launch while release is the event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).launching
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- The launching of the Titanic.
- By 1940 they had conducted 25 successful launchings of A5 rockets, which reached 10 miles altitude and had a range of 12 miles.
Usage notes
* Launch'' suggests an event at a point in time. ''Launching suggests a process over time.release
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) relaisser (variant of relascher).Noun
(en noun)Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
Derived terms
* prerelease * release notes * release from requirement * software release * release processVerb
(releas)- to release an ordinance
- (Hooker)
Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal, passage=With the Gunners far too lightweight in midfield, Mikel Arteta dropped back into a deeper-lying role. This freed Yossi Benayoun to go further forward, a move that helped forge a rare Arsenal chance on 30 minutes when the Israeli released Van Persie, only for the Dutchman's snap-shot to be tipped around the post.}}
