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Vanish vs Vacate - What's the difference?

vanish | vacate |

As verbs the difference between vanish and vacate

is that vanish is to become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed while vacate is to move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.

As a noun vanish

is (phonetics) the brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.

vanish

English

Verb

(es)
  • To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished , pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
  • (lb) To become equal to zero.
  • :The function f(x)=x2 vanishes at x=0.
  • Synonyms

    * disappear

    Derived terms

    * vanishing spray

    Noun

    (vanishes)
  • (phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
  • a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.
    o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.
    (Rush)

    See also

    * glide (Webster 1913)

    vacate

    English

    Verb

    (vacat)
  • To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.
  • 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.
  • To leave an office or position.
  • ''He vacated his coaching position because of the corruption scandal.
  • To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.
  • ''The judge vacated the earlier decision when new evidence was presented.
  • To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.
  • ''If you do not immediately vacate the area, we will make you leave with tear gas!

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