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Withdraw vs Trailing - What's the difference?

withdraw | trailing |

As verbs the difference between withdraw and trailing

is that withdraw is to pull (something) back, aside, or away while trailing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective trailing is

that converges in the direction of travel.

As a noun trailing is

fabric or other material that trails.

withdraw

English

Verb

  • To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
  • * Hooker
    • Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything.
  • To take back (a comment, etc).
    • to withdraw false charges
  • To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
  • To extract (money from an account).
  • To retreat.
  • To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.
  • * 1994 , (Edward St Aubyn), Bad News , Picador 2006, p. 201:
    • Simon had tried to rob a bank while he was withdrawing , but he had been forced to surrender to the police after they had fired several volleys at him.

    trailing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rail transport, of points and crossovers) That converges in the direction of travel.

    • Antonyms

    * facing

    Derived terms

    * trailing points

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Fabric or other material that trails.
  • * Mary E. Wilkins, The Portion of Labor
  • * 2010 , Regina S. Baraban, Joseph F. Durocher, Successful Restaurant Design
    • All too often, the spout of a soap dispenser rests over the counter and leaves trailings of soap that must be wiped up frequently if a clean appearance is to be maintained.

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