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Raze vs Extinguish - What's the difference?

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Raze is a related term of extinguish.


In lang=en terms the difference between raze and extinguish

is that raze is to scrape as if with a razor while extinguish is to obscure or eclipse something.

As verbs the difference between raze and extinguish

is that raze is to demolish; to level to the ground while extinguish is to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench.

As a noun raze

is (rhizome of ginger).

raze

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) raser

Verb

(raz)
  • To demolish; to level to the ground.
  • The word ‘laconic’ derives from Lakon (“person from Lakonia”) the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famous for their brevity of speech. When threatened them with, “If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta,” the Spartans’ reply was, “If.”
  • To scrape as if with a razor.
  • Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (rhizome of ginger).
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    extinguish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench
  • to destroy or abolish something
  • She extinguished all my hopes.
  • * 1668 December 19, , “Mr.'' Alexander Seaton ''contra'' Menzies” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
  • The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi , lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.
  • to obscure or eclipse something
  • The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
  • (psychology) to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex
  • (literally) to hunt down (a species) to extinction
  • Synonyms

    * put out, quench, douse * See also