Difference between Release and Discharge

What is the difference between Release and Discharge?

Release as a noun is the distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be both public or private. while Discharge as a noun is (uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology

Release

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be both public or private. Anything recently released or made available (as for sale). That which is released, untied or let go.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain. To make available to the public. To free or liberate; to set free. To discharge. To hang up.

Example sentence: Self-acknowledgment boosts your emotional and spiritual immunity, giving you the strength you need to release the past and rise above fear, doubt or resignation.

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: The tolling of yon dismal bell and the loud but solemn discharge of artillery hath announced to the nation the melancholy tidings - Thomas Jefferson no longer lives!

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

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