different between unload vs delete

English

Etymology

From un- +? load.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?l??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?lo?d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Verb

unload (third-person singular simple present unloads, present participle unloading, simple past and past participle unloaded)

1. (transitive) To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).

   to unload a ship; to unload a camel

2. (transitive) To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.

   to unload bales of hay from a truck

3. (intransitive) To deposit one's load or cargo.
4. (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of.
   • 1984, John Arlott, David Rayvern Allen, Arlott on cricket: his writings on the game

     […] who bowled with such fury that he needed beer to give him something to sweat out, and who unloaded his emotions in words as hard as his bowling.

5. (transitive, computing) To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
   • 1993, Tony Martin, Lisa C Towell, The NewWave agent handbook

     When you unload a DLL, the memory and other system resources it is using will become available for use by other applications.

6. (transitive) To discharge, pour, or expel.
7. (transitive) To get rid of or dispose of.

   to unload unprofitable stocks

8. (transitive, aviation) To reduce the vertical load factor on an airplane's wing or other lifting surface, typically by pitching downwards toward the ground to decrease angle of attack and reduce the amount of lift generated.
9. (transitive) To deliver forcefully.
10. (transitive, slang) To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
11. (transitive) To draw the charge from.

    to unload a gun

Derived terms

• unloader

Translations

References

• unload in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Latin d?l?tus, past participle of d?l?re (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from d?l?v?, originally perf. tense of d?linere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from d?- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??li?t/, /di?li?t/, /d??li?t/
• Hyphenation: de?lete
• Rhymes: -i?t

Verb

delete (third-person singular simple present deletes, present participle deleting, simple past and past participle deleted)

1. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]

   Synonyms: erase, clear, strike, terminate, remove; see also Thesaurus:delete

   Antonyms: insert, main

2. (online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.

Derived terms

• expletive deleted

Related terms

• deleterious
• deletion
• delible

Translations

Noun

delete (plural deletes)

1. (computing) A deletion.
   • 2003, Jeffrey P. McManus, Jackie Goldstein, Kevin T. Price, Database Access with Visual Basic .NET (page 30)

     Cascading updates and cascading deletes are useful features of the SQL Server database engine.

2. (recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
3. (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Delete

Further reading

• deletion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Adjective

delete

1. feminine plural of deleto

Latin

Verb

d?l?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?le?

Participle

d?l?te

1. vocative masculine singular of d?l?tus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?l?.t(?)i/
• Hyphenation: de?le?te
• Rhymes: -?t(?)i

Noun

delete m (plural deletes)

1. Delete (key)

Verb

delete

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of deletar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of deletar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of deletar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of deletar