Replace vs. Remove

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Replaceverb

(transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back

Replaceverb

(transitive) To refund; to repay; to restore

Replaceverb

(transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent for.

Replaceverb

(transitive) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfill the end or office of.

Replaceverb

(transitive) To demolish a building and build an updated form of that building in its place.

Replaceverb

To place again.

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To put in a new or different place.

Replaceverb

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

Replaceverb

To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.

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To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.

Replaceverb

To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.

Replaceverb

To put in a new or different place.

Replaceverb

substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected);

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take the place or move into the position of;

Replaceverb

put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items;

Replaceverb

put something back where it belongs;

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take the place of

Replaceverb

provide a substitute for (something that is broken, old, or inoperative)

Replaceverb

fill the role of (someone or something) with a substitute

Replaceverb

put (something) back in a previous place or position

Removeverb

(transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.

Removeverb

To replace a dish within a course.

Removeverb

(transitive) To murder.

Removeverb

To dismiss a batsman.

Removeverb

(transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).

Removeverb

To depart, leave.

Removeverb

(intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.

Removeverb

To dismiss or discharge from office.

Removenoun

The act of removing something.

Removenoun

Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.

Removenoun

(British) at some public schools A division of the school, especially the form prior to last

Removenoun

A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")

Removenoun

Distance in time or space; interval.

Removenoun

(dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.

Removenoun

The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

Removeverb

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

Removeverb

To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.

Removeverb

To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.

Removeverb

To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.

Removenoun

The act of removing; a removal.

Removenoun

The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; - in the United States usually called a move.

Removenoun

The state of being removed.

Removenoun

That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.

Removenoun

The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.

Removenoun

The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

Removenoun

degree of figurative distance or separation;

Removeverb

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract;

Removeverb

remove from a position or an office

Removeverb

dispose of;

Removeverb

cause to leave;

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shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes;

Removeverb

go away or leave;

Removeverb

kill intentionally and with premeditation;

Removeverb

get rid of something abstract;

Removeverb

take (something) away or off from the position occupied

Removeverb

take off (clothing)

Removeverb

change one's home or place of residence by moving to (another place)

Removeverb

compel (someone) by law to move to another area

Removeverb

abolish or get rid of

Removeverb

dismiss from a job

Removeverb

be distant from

Removeverb

be very different from

Removeverb

separated by a particular number of steps of descent

Removenoun

a degree of remoteness or separation

Removenoun

a form or division in some British schools

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