Delete vs. Insert

Deleteverb

To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

Insertverb

(transitive) To put in between or into.

‘In order to withdraw money from a cash machine, you have to insert your debit card.’; ‘To make your proof easier to understand, I recommend you insert a few more steps.’;

Deletenoun

(computing) A deletion.

‘I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete.’;

Insertnoun

An image inserted into text.

Deletenoun

(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.

Insertnoun

A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.

‘This software can print compact disc inserts if you have the right size of paper.’;

Deletenoun

(uncountable) Delete

Insertnoun

A mechanical component inserted into another.

‘a threaded insert’;

Deleteverb

To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.

‘I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight.’;

Insertnoun

(linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.

Deleteverb

remove or make invisible;

‘Please delete my name from your list’;

Insertnoun

(genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.

Deleteverb

wipe out magnetically recorded information

Insertnoun

(television) A pre-recorded segment included as part of a live broadcast.

Deleteverb

cut or eliminate;

‘she edited the juiciest scenes’;

Insertnoun

A close-up shot used to draw attention to a particular element of a larger scene.

Insertverb

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper.

‘These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction.’;

Insertnoun

a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication

Insertnoun

an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

Insertnoun

(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program

Insertnoun

(film) a still picture that is inserted and that interrupts the action of a film

Insertverb

put or introduce into something;

‘insert a picture into the text’;

Insertverb

introduce;

‘Insert your ticket here’;

Insertverb

fit snugly into;

‘insert your ticket into the slot’; ‘tuck your shirtail in’;

Insertverb

insert casually;

‘She slipped in a reference to her own work’;