Difference between Fire and Discharge

What is the difference between Fire and Discharge?

Fire as a verb is to set (something) on fire. while Discharge as a verb is to accomplish or complete, as an obligation.

Fire

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To set (something) on fire. To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc. To drive away by setting a fire. To terminate the employment contract of an employee, usually because of the misconduct or poor performance of the employee (as opposed to "make redundant" or "lay off", where the employee's actions are not the reason for the termination); to expel one from their job. To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse of stream of something). To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon. To cause an action potential in a cell. To forcibly direct.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering. Something that has produced or is capable of producing this chemical reaction, such as a campfire. The, often accidental, occurrence of fire in a certain place leading to its full or partial destruction. One of the four basic elements. One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements). A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire). The elements necessary to start a fire. The in-flight bullets or other projectiles shot from a gun.

Example sentence: Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.

Discharge

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.To expel or let go.To release (an accumulated charge).To release (an inpatient) from hospital.To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: (uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathologythe act of accomplishing (an obligation)the act of expelling or letting gothe act of releasing an accumulated chargethe act of releasing an inpatient from hospitalthe act of releasing a member of the armed forces from servicethe discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second)

Example sentence: We still have people in the active duty, and if people are feeling ill, if they're experiencing various symptoms and they're still in the active duty, they're less likely to come forward because that could result in their medical discharge.

We hope you now know whether to use Fire or Discharge in your sentence.

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