Refuse vs Release - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between refuse and release

is that refuse is while release is to let go (of); to cease to hold or contain or release can be to lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

As a noun release is

the event of setting (someone or something) free (eg hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

refuse

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)

Discarded, rejected.

Noun

(-)

(UK) Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.

Synonyms

* discards * garbage (US ) * rubbish (UK ) * trash (US ) * See also

Etymology 2

From (etyl) refuser, from .

Verb

(refus)

To decline (a request or demand).

My request for a pay rise was refused .

I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more.

* Bible, Isa. i. 20

If ye refuse ye shall be devoured with the sword.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=September 27 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=City were outclassed thereafter and Roberto Mancini said that substitute Carlos Tevez refused to play.}}

To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.

I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused .

(military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.

to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks

(obsolete) To disown.

* Shakespeare

Refuse thy name.

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

Synonyms

* (decline) decline, reject, nill, say no to, turn down, veto, withsake * (decline a request or demand) say no, forbear

Noun

(obsolete) refusal

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release

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) relaisser (variant of relascher).

Noun

(en noun)

The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose

, title= 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.}}

(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.

Derived terms

* prerelease * release notes * release from requirement * software release * release process

Verb

(releas)

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.

to release an ordinance

(Hooker)

(soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 13, author=Sam Lyon, work=BBC

, title= 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.}}

Antonyms

* hold

Etymology 2

Verb

(releas)

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.