Avoid vs. Escape
Avoidverb
(transitive) to try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
Avoidverb
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
Avoidverb
To try not to do something or to have something happen
Avoidverb
To make empty; to clear.
Avoidverb
To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
Avoidverb
To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
Avoidverb
To emit or throw out; to void.
Avoidverb
To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
Avoidverb
To get rid of.
Avoidverb
To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
Avoidverb
To become void or vacant.
Avoidverb
To empty.
Avoidverb
To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
Avoidverb
To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
Avoidverb
To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
Avoidverb
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
Avoidverb
To get rid of.
Avoidverb
To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
Avoidverb
To retire; to withdraw.
Avoidverb
To become void or vacant.
Avoidverb
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something;
Avoidverb
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening;
Avoidverb
refrain from doing something;
Avoidverb
refrain from certain foods or beverages;
Avoidverb
declare invalid;
Escapeverb
(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
Escapeverb
(transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
Escapeverb
(intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
Escapeverb
(transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
Escapeverb
To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
Escapeverb
(computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
Escapenoun
The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
Escapenoun
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
Escapenoun
(computing) escape key
Escapenoun
(programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
Escapenoun
(snooker) A successful shot from a snooker position.
Escapenoun
(manufacturing) A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
Escapenoun
(obsolete) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
Escapenoun
(obsolete) A sally.
Escapenoun
(architecture) An apophyge.
Escapeverb
To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
Escapeverb
To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
Escapeverb
To flee, and become secure from danger; - often followed by from or out of.
Escapeverb
To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
Escapeverb
To get free from that which confines or holds; - used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.
Escapenoun
The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.
Escapenoun
That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
Escapenoun
A sally.
Escapenoun
The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
Escapenoun
A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
Escapenoun
An apophyge.
Escapenoun
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
Escapenoun
Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.
Escapenoun
the act of escaping physically;
Escapenoun
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy;
Escapenoun
the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container;
Escapenoun
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
Escapenoun
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do;
Escapenoun
an avoidance of danger or difficulty;
Escapenoun
a means or way of escaping;
Escapenoun
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
Escapeverb
run away from confinement;
Escapeverb
fail to experience;
Escapeverb
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action;
Escapeverb
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by;
Escapeverb
issue or leak, as from a small opening;
Escapeverb
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion;
Escapeverb
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run;
Escapeverb
break free from confinement or control
Escapeverb
elude or get free from (someone)
Escapeverb
succeed in avoiding or eluding something dangerous or unpleasant
Escapeverb
(of a gas, liquid, or heat) leak from a container
Escapeverb
(of words or sounds) issue involuntarily or inadvertently from (someone)
Escapeverb
fail to be noticed or remembered by (someone)
Escapeverb
interrupt (an operation) by means of the escape key.
Escapeverb
cause (a subsequent character or characters) to be interpreted differently.
Escapenoun
an act of breaking free from confinement or control
Escapenoun
an act of avoiding something dangerous or unpleasant
Escapenoun
a means of escaping from somewhere
Escapenoun
a garden plant or pet animal that has gone wild and (especially in plants) become naturalized
Escapenoun
a form of temporary distraction from reality or routine
Escapenoun
a leakage of gas, liquid, or heat from a container
Escapenoun
a key on a computer keyboard which either interrupts the current operation or causes subsequent characters to be interpreted differently.
