Resign vs Vacate - What's the difference?
resign | vacate |
To give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of.
* , I.39:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To quit (a job or position).
(transitive, or, intransitive) To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable.
* 1996 , Robin Buss, The Count of Monte Cristo'', translation of, edition, ISBN 0140449264, page 394 [http://books.google.com/books?id=QAa5l_8DNbcC&pg=PA394&dq=fate]:
To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.
To leave an office or position.
To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.
To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.
Vacate is a synonym of resign.
As verbs the difference between resign and vacate
is that resign is to give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of while vacate is to move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.resign
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) reisgner, (etyl) resigner, and its source, (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- And if the perfection of well-speaking might bring any glorie sutable unto a great personage, Scipio'' and ''Lelius would never have resigned the honour of their Comedies.
- I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.
- He resigned the crown to follow his heart.
- After fighting for so long, she finally resigned to her death.
- He had no choice but to resign the game and let his opponent become the champion.
- Here is a man who was resigned' to his fate, who was walking to the scaffold and about to die like a coward, that's true, but at least he was about to die without resisting and without recrimination. Do you know what gave him that much strength? Do you know what consoled him? Do you know what ' resigned him to his fate?
Synonyms
* quitDerived terms
* resignation * resign oneselfEtymology 2
(re-) + (sign)Usage notes
The spelling without the hyphen results in a heteronym and is usually avoided.vacate
English
Verb
(vacat)- I have to vacate my house by midday, as the new owner is moving in.
- You are hereby ordered to vacate the premises within 14 days.
- ''He vacated his coaching position because of the corruption scandal.
- ''The judge vacated the earlier decision when new evidence was presented.
- ''If you do not immediately vacate the area, we will make you leave with tear gas!