Retrench vs Delete - What's the difference?
retrench | delete |
To cut down or reduce.
* Denham
To abridge; to curtail.
* Milton
To confine; to limit; to restrict.
* I. Taylor
To furnish with a retrenchment (defensive work within a fortification).
To take up a new defensive position.
*2012 , The Economist,
To dig or redig a trench where one already was.
A remainder of a music or video release.
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
(computer) To hide, conceal
As a verb retrench
is to cut down or reduce or retrench can be to dig or redig a trench where one already was.As a noun delete is
a key that may be pressed to delete something (including text or files) from a computer.retrench
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) retrenchier, (etyl) retrancher; see (etyl) , and English trench.Verb
(es)- Thy exuberant parts retrench .
- But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched .
- (Addison)
- These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation?
- to retrench bastions
- We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.
Private Equity: Keep Calm and Carry On
- International firms could decide it is not cost-effective to keep open their other European offices and retrench to London.
Etymology 2
Verb
(es)Anagrams
*delete
English
(Deletion)Noun
(-)- I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete .