Withdraw vs Swallow - What's the Difference?

Swallow

Withdraw

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
  • the act of swallowing
  • a small amount of liquid food
Definition as Noun
Definition as Verb
  • engulf and destroy
  • utter indistinctly
  • keep from expressing
  • believe or accept without questioning or challenge
  • tolerate or accommodate oneself to
  • pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
  • enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
  • take back what one has said
Definition as Verb
  • break from a meeting or gathering
  • retire gracefully
  • release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
  • remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
  • cause to be returned
  • remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
  • withdraw from active participation
  • lose interest
  • pull back or move away or backward
  • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  • keep away from others
  • take back what one has said

Examples

  • "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
  • "a sup of ale"
  • "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
  • "She swallowed the last words of her speech"
  • "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
  • "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
  • "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
  • "swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
  • "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
  • "He swallowed his words"
  • "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
  • "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
  • "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
  • "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
  • "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
  • "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
  • "He retired from chess"
  • "he retired from life when his wife died"
  • "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
  • "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
  • "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
  • "He swallowed his words"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Verb

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