different between erase vs abolish

English

Etymology

From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?-r?z?, IPA^(key): /???e?z/
• (US) enPR: ?-r?s?, IPA^(key): /???e?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s, -e?z

Verb

erase (third-person singular simple present erases, present participle erasing, simple past and past participle erased)

1. (transitive) to remove markings or information

2. (transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.

3. (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.

4. (transitive, baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play

5. (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).

6. (transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
   • 1998, Janice Lynn Ristock, Catherine Taylor, Inside the academy and out

     I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality.

   • 2004, Daniel Lefkowitz, Words and Stones (page 209)

     As a result, Palestinians are hyperpresent in Israeli media, while Mizrahim are erased from public discourse.

   • 2011, Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Indigenous Studies (page 40)

     Silence around Native sexuality benefits the colonizers and erases queer Native people from their communities.
7. (transitive, slang) To kill; assassinate.

Antonyms

• (remove markings or information): record

Derived terms

Related terms

• erasure

Translations

Noun

erase (plural erases)

1. (computing) The operation of deleting data.
   • 2000, Mark D. Hill, Norman P. Jouppi, Gurindar S. Sohi, Readings in Computer Architecture (page 603)

     This subsystem is waiting to become Exclusive after having issued an erase.

Anagrams

• Rease, eares, easer, saree

Italian

Verb

erase

1. third-person singular past historic of eradere

Verb

erase f

1. plural of eraso

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e??ra?.se/, [e???ä?s??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?ra.se/, [?????s??]

Participle

?r?se

1. vocative masculine singular of ?r?sus

English

Etymology

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French abolir, aboliss- (extended stem), from Latin abol?re (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), inchoative abol?scere (“to wither, vanish, (Classical) cease”), probably from ab (“from, away from”) + *ol?re (“to increase, grow”) which is found only in compound.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ?-b?l'?sh IPA^(key): /??b?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?l.??/, /??b?l.??/

Verb

abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished or (obsolete) abolisht)

1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke

Antonyms

• (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): establish, found

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

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