Wipe vs. Erase

Wipeverb

(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. Compare rub.

Wipeverb

(transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.

Wipeverb

(obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.

Wipeverb

To erase.

Wipeverb

To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.

Wipeverb

(figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.

Wipeverb

(transitive) To deperm (a ship).

Wipeverb

To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.

Wipenoun

The act of wiping something.

Wipenoun

A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

Wipenoun

A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.

Wipenoun

(obsolete) A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.

Wipenoun

A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

Wipenoun

An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.

Wipenoun

The lapwing.

Wipenoun

Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean.

Wipenoun

A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe.

Wipenoun

A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm.

Wipenoun

A handkerchief.

Wipenoun

Stain; brand.

Wipeverb

To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.

Wipeverb

To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; - usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively.

Wipeverb

To cheat; to defraud; to trick; - usually followed by out.

Wipenoun

the act of rubbing or wiping;

Wipeverb

rub with a circular motion;

Eraseverb

(transitive) to remove markings or information

Eraseverb

(transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.

Eraseverb

(transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.

Eraseverb

To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play

Eraseverb

(intransitive) To be erased have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information.

Eraseverb

(transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.

Eraseverb

To kill; assassinate.

Eraseverb

To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.

Eraseverb

Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; - used of ideas in the mind or memory.

Eraseverb

remove from memory or existence;

Eraseverb

remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing;

Eraseverb

wipe out magnetically recorded information