discharge vs do

discharge

verb
  • To accomplish or complete, as an obligation. 

  • 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 expel or let go. 

  • 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. 

do

verb
  • To make or provide. 

  • To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc. 

  • To suffice. 

  • To finish. 

  • To fare, perform (well or poorly). 

  • To have (as an effect). 

  • To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something). 

  • A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE. 

  • A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be. 

  • To take drugs. 

  • To exist with a purpose or for a reason. 

  • To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned. 

  • To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of. 

  • To be reasonable or acceptable. 

  • To have sex with. (See also do it) 

  • To have as one's job. 

  • To cook. 

  • To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate. 

  • To punish for a misdemeanor. 

  • A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods. 

  • To treat in a certain way. 

  • To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for. 

  • A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods. 

  • Let’s do New York also. 

  • To kill. 

  • To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note. 

  • To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time) 

  • To impersonate or depict. 

  • To injure (one's own body part). 

  • To perform; to execute. 

  • To cheat or swindle. 

noun
  • A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale. 

  • A homicide. 

  • A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality. 

  • Something that can or should be done. 

num
  • The cardinal number occurring after el and before do one in a duodecimal system. Written 10, decimal value 12. 

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