Cancel vs. Delete
Cancelverb
(transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
Cancelverb
(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
Cancelverb
(transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
Cancelverb
(transitive) To offset or equalize something.
Cancelverb
To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
Cancelverb
To stop production of a programme.
Cancelverb
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
Cancelverb
(obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
Cancelverb
(slang) To kill.
Cancelnoun
A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
Cancelnoun
(Internet) A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
Cancelnoun
(obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
Cancelnoun
(printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
Cancelnoun
(printing) The page thus suppressed.
Cancelnoun
(printing) The page that replaces it.
Cancelverb
To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
Cancelverb
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
Cancelverb
To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.
Cancelverb
To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.
Cancelverb
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
Cancelnoun
An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.
Cancelnoun
The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
Cancelnoun
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Cancelverb
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled;
Cancelverb
make up for;
Cancelverb
declare null and void; make ineffective;
Cancelverb
remove or make invisible;
Cancelverb
of cheques or tickets
Deleteverb
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
Deletenoun
(computing) A deletion.
Deletenoun
(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
Deletenoun
(uncountable) Delete
Deleteverb
To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
Deleteverb
remove or make invisible;
Deleteverb
wipe out magnetically recorded information
Deleteverb
cut or eliminate;
