Outlet vs. Discharge
Outletnoun
A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
Outletnoun
Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
Outletnoun
A river that runs out of a lake.
Outletnoun
A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
Outletnoun
A wall-mounted device such as a socket or receptacle connected to an electrical system at which current is taken to supply utilization equipment or appliances.
Outletnoun
The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
Outletverb
To let out; to emit.
Outletnoun
a place of business for retailing goods
Outletnoun
receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
Outletnoun
an opening that permits escape or release;
Outletnoun
activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion;
Dischargeverb
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
Dischargeverb
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
Dischargeverb
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
Dischargeverb
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
Dischargeverb
To expel or let go.
Dischargeverb
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
Dischargeverb
(electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
Dischargeverb
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
Dischargeverb
(medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
Dischargeverb
(military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
Dischargeverb
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
Dischargeverb
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
Dischargeverb
To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
Dischargeverb
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
Dischargeverb
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
Dischargeverb
To give forth; to emit or send out.
Dischargeverb
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
Dischargeverb
To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
Dischargeverb
To prohibit; to forbid.
Dischargenoun
Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
Dischargenoun
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
Dischargenoun
The act of expelling or letting go.
Dischargenoun
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
Dischargenoun
The process of unloading something.
Dischargenoun
The process of flowing out.
Dischargenoun
(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
Dischargenoun
(medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
Dischargenoun
(military) The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
Dischargenoun
(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).
Dischargeverb
To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
Dischargeverb
To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, - to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar.
Dischargeverb
To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
Dischargeverb
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
Dischargeverb
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.
Dischargeverb
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo.
Dischargeverb
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
Dischargeverb
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
Dischargeverb
To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part.
Dischargeverb
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
Dischargeverb
To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath.
Dischargeverb
To prohibit; to forbid.
Dischargeverb
To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark ground.
Dischargeverb
To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely.
Dischargenoun
The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.
Dischargenoun
Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
Dischargenoun
Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.
Dischargenoun
Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.
Dischargenoun
Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.
Dischargenoun
Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.
Dischargenoun
The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.
Dischargenoun
That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.
Dischargenoun
A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.
Dischargenoun
The equalization of a difference of electric potential between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the form of the terminal conductors on which the difference exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush, connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.
Dischargenoun
the sudden giving off of energy
Dischargenoun
the act of venting
Dischargenoun
a substance that is emitted or released
Dischargenoun
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body;
Dischargenoun
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
Dischargenoun
the pouring forth of a fluid
Dischargenoun
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Dischargenoun
a formal written statement of relinquishment
Dischargenoun
the act of discharging a gun
Dischargeverb
complete or carry out;
Dischargeverb
pour forth or release;
Dischargeverb
eliminate (substances) from the body
Dischargeverb
free from obligations or duties
Dischargeverb
remove the charge from
Dischargeverb
go off or discharge;
Dischargeverb
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
Dischargeverb
leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;
Dischargeverb
cause to go off;
Dischargeverb
release from military service
Dischargeverb
become empty or void of its content;
