burn vs discharge

burn

verb
  • To discard. 

  • To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat. 

  • In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought. 

  • To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage. 

  • In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card. 

  • To be consumed by fire, or in flames. 

  • To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge). 

  • To render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image. 

  • To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment. 

  • To sunburn. 

  • To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does. 

  • To overheat so as to make unusable. 

  • To insult or defeat. 

  • To accidentally touch a moving stone. 

  • To blackmail. 

  • To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star. 

  • To compromise (an agent's cover story). 

  • To waste (time); to waste money or other resources. 

  • To cause to be consumed by fire. 

  • To betray. 

  • To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize. 

  • To shoot someone with a firearm. 

  • To become overheated to the point of being unusable. 

  • To cauterize. 

  • To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip. 

noun
  • Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid. 

  • Tobacco. 

  • The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip. 

  • An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult). 

  • The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course. 

  • A stream. 

  • A sensation resembling such an injury. 

  • The act of burning something with fire. 

  • A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. 

  • An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult. 

  • The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking. 

  • A disease in vegetables; brand. 

discharge

verb
  • To expel or let go. 

  • To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling). 

  • To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. 

  • To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. 

  • To release (an accumulated charge). 

  • To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty. 

  • To let fly, as a missile; to shoot. 

  • To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear. 

  • To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument. 

  • To unload a ship or another means of transport. 

  • To give forth; to emit or send out. 

  • To release (an inpatient) from hospital. 

  • To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled. 

  • To set aside; to annul; to dismiss. 

  • To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process. 

  • To release (a member of the armed forces) from service. 

  • To accomplish or complete, as an obligation. 

  • To let fly; to give expression to; to utter. 

noun
  • The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second). 

  • The process of flowing out. 

  • The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm. 

  • Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology. 

  • The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance. 

  • The act of expelling or letting go. 

  • The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital. 

  • The act of releasing an accumulated charge. 

  • The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service. 

  • The process of unloading something. 

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