Difference between Cancelled and Off

What is the difference between Cancelled and Off?

Cancelled as a verb is to cross out something with lines etc. while Off as a verb is to kill

Cancelled

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cross out something with lines etc.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: No longer planned or scheduled. Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.

Example sentence: My mother, at least twice, cancelled our family's subscription to the newspaper I was working on, because she was so mad about its treatment of my father.

Off

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.Out of the possession of.Away from or not on.Disconnected or subtracted from.Distant from.No longer wanting or takingtimes

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: inoperative, disabledrottenin, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsmanInoperative, disabled.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to killto switch offto kill oneself, commit suicide

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a direction away from the speaker or object.Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.

Example sentence: I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.

We hope you now know whether to use Cancelled or Off in your sentence.

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