Difference between Withdraw and Retire

What is the difference between Withdraw and Retire?

Withdraw as a verb is to pull (something) back. while Retire as a verb is to withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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: The more I worked on 'Half Brother,' the more it seemed to me the story was really about love in all its possible forms - how and why we decide to bestow it, or withdraw it; how we decide what is more worthy of being loved, and what is less. We are masters of conditional love.

Retire

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.of a batsman, to voluntarily stop batting so that the next batsman can batof a fielder, to make a defensive play which results in a runner or the batter being put outTo go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.To withdraw from a public station, from working, or from businessTo recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.

Example sentence: After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.

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

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