Difference between Swallow and Withdraw

What is the difference between Swallow and Withdraw?

Swallow as a verb is to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach. while Withdraw as a verb is to pull (something) back.

Swallow

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach. To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this. To take in, to consume, to absorb or cause to disappear. To believe or accept.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A deep chasm or abyss in the earth. The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing. A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

Example sentence: I went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there.

Withdraw

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pull (something) back.To take back (a comment, etc).To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).To extract (money from an account).To retreat.

Example sentence: To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

We hope you now know whether to use Swallow or Withdraw in your sentence.

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