Difference between Evacuate and Void

What is the difference between Evacuate and Void?

Evacuate as a verb is to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish. while Void as a verb is to withdraw, depart.

Evacuate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress

Void

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having lost all legal validityThat does not return a value.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An empty space; a vacuum.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To withdraw, depart.To make invalid or worthless.To empty.

Example sentence: In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet.

We hope you now know whether to use Evacuate or Void in your sentence.

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