reap vs sacrifice

reap

verb
  • To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense. 

  • To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table. 

  • To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting. 

  • To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine 

noun
  • A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. 

sacrifice

verb
  • To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility of gaining something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss. 

  • To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out. 

  • To offer (something) as a gift to a deity. 

  • To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board. 

  • To destroy; to kill. 

  • To trade (a value of higher worth) for something of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more, such as an ally or business relationship, or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money. 

  • To kill a test animal for autopsy. 

noun
  • A loss of profit. 

  • The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite. 

  • Something sacrificed. 

  • The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; the devotion of something desirable to something higher, or to a calling deemed more pressing. 

  • A play in which the batter is intentionally out so that one or more runners can advance around the bases. 

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