different between withdrawal vs exodus

English

Etymology

From withdraw +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?ð?d???(?)l/, /w???d???(?)l/
• (intrusive r) IPA^(key): /w?ð?d?????l/, /w???d?????l/

Noun

withdrawal (countable and uncountable, plural withdrawals)

1. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
2. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
3. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.

   heroin withdrawal

   nicotine withdrawal

   caffeine withdrawal

4. An act of withdrawing.
5. The sum of money taken from a bank account.

Antonyms

• (receiving from someone's care): deposit

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (éxodos, “expedition, procession, departure”). Doublet of exodos.From late Old English only as a proper noun, Exodus, the biblical book; use as a common noun is from the early 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ks?d?s/, /???z?d?s/

Noun

exodus (plural exoduses)

1. A sudden departure of a large number of people.

   There was an exodus when the show ended.

   In the movie The Sinking of Japan, virtually all Japanese desperately try to find any form of transportation out of Japan in a massive exodus to flee the sinking country.

Translations

Verb

exodus (third-person singular simple present exoduses, present participle exodusing, simple past and past participle exodused)

1. To depart from a place in a large group.

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “exodus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• udoxes

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

exodus m (plural exodussen, diminutive exodusje n)

1. exodus

Synonyms

• uittocht