Sever vs Draw_off - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between sever and draw_off

is that sever is to cut free while draw_off is to remove by using a siphon.

(en verb)

To cut free.

After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.

to sever the head from the body

* Bible, Matthew xiii. 49

The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.

To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.

(Shakespeare)

To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. — Ex. ix. 4.

They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. — Macaulay.

(legal) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.

to sever an estate in joint tenancy

(Blackstone)

* becut * cut off

* severable * severally

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(head)

(idiomatic) To remove by using a siphon.