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Removal vs Evacuate - What's the difference?

removal | evacuate |

As a noun removal

is the process of moving, or the fact of being removed.

As a verb evacuate is

to leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.

removal

English

Noun

(wikipedia removal) (en noun)
  • The process of moving, or the fact of being removed.
  • The relocation of a business etc.
  • The dismissal of someone from office.
  • (Ireland) A funeral ceremony involving prayers and meeting of the family, usually at the home of the deceased, and normally held on the evening prior to burial.

    • Synonyms

    * (moving to another place) move, relocation

    evacuate

    English

    Verb

    (evacuat)
  • To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
    • The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
  • * Burke
    • The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
  • To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
    • The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
  • (figurative) To make empty; to deprive.
  • * Coleridge
    • Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning.
  • To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
  • To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
    • to evacuate a contract or marriage
    (Francis Bacon)

    Related terms

    * evacuation (pos n)