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Release vs Unhand - What's the difference?

release | unhand |

As verbs the difference between release and unhand

is that release is to let go (of); to cease to hold or contain while unhand is to release from the hand; to let go.

As a noun release

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

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.
  • unhand

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To release from the hand; to let go.
  • *1798 , , Rime of the Ancient Mariner , part 1, lines 9-12,
  • *:He holds him with his skinny hand,
  • *:"There was a ship," quoth he.
  • *:"Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
  • *:Eftsoons his hand dropt he.
  • *{{quote-book
  • , year=1853 , publisher=B. B. Mussey and Company, and R. B. Fitts and Company , author=Oliver Optic , title=Hatchie, The Guardian Slave or The Heiress of Bellevue. A Tale of the Mississippi and the South-west , section=Chapter XXX citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=KCAtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA305&dq=unhand , page=305 , passage=“Unhand'' the lady!” said Vernon, in a severe tone, as, at the same time, he draw from his pocket a pistol. “' Unhand her!” and he approached the lawyer}}
  • *{{quote-book
  • , year=2008 , publisher=Berkley Books , author=Anne Gracie , title=The Stolen Princess , section=Chapter Two citation , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=-afsrSlibuoC&pg=PA33&dq=unhand , isbn=9780425218983 , page=33 , passage=As he dried the last toe, she siad, “Thank you. You may now unhand my feet”}}