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Negate vs Delete - What's the difference?

negate | delete |

As a verb negate

is to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.

As a noun delete is

a key that may be pressed to delete something (including text or files) from a computer.

negate

English

Verb

(negat)
  • To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
    • The investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
    • Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds.
  • To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
    • a pessimism that always negates
  • (computing) To perform the NOT operation on.

    • Related terms

    * negative * negativeness * negativism * negativity * negation

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    delete

    English

    (Deletion)

    Noun

    (-)
    • I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete .
  • A remainder of a music or video release.

    • Verb

    (delet)
  • To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
  • (computer) To hide, conceal

    • Synonyms

    * (to get rid of) erase, strike, terminate, cease existence, remove, rub out, strike out, obliterate, cancel, cross out, score, scrub, scrap, scratch, expunge, eliminate, blue-pencil, exclude, squelch

    Antonyms

    * (to get rid of) insert, maintain

    Related terms

    * deleterious * deletion * delible