Discharge vs. Exhaust — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Discharge and Exhaust
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Discharge
To release, as from confinement, care, or duty
Discharge a patient.
Discharge a soldier.
Exhaust
To make extremely weary; wear out.
Discharge
To let go; empty out
A train discharging commuters.
Exhaust
To escape or pass out
Steam exhausts through this valve.
Discharge
To pour forth; emit
A vent discharging steam.
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Exhaust
The escape or release of vaporous waste material, as from an engine.
Discharge
To shoot
Discharge a pistol.
Exhaust
The fumes or gases so released.
Discharge
To remove from office or employment.
Exhaust
A duct or pipe through which waste material is emitted.
Discharge
To perform the obligations or demands of (an office, duty, or task).
Exhaust
An apparatus for drawing out noxious air or waste material by means of a partial vacuum.
Discharge
To comply with the terms of (a debt or promise, for example).
Exhaust
(transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely.
The water was exhausted out of the well.
Moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
Discharge
(Law) To release from debt, as in bankruptcy.
Exhaust
(transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents
To exhaust a well
To exhaust a treasury
Discharge
To remove (color) from cloth, as by chemical bleaching.
Exhaust
To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end
My grandfather seemingly never exhausts his supply of bad jokes.
To exhaust one's resources
To exhaust all possibilities
You're exhausting my patience.
I exhausted my strength walking up the hill.
Discharge
(Electricity) To cause the release of stored energy or electric charge from (a battery, for example).
Exhaust
(transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.
The marathon exhausted me.
Discharge
To apportion (weight) evenly, as over a door.
Exhaust
(transitive) To discuss thoroughly or completely.
That subject has already been fully exhausted.
Discharge
To relieve (a part) of excess weight by distribution of pressure.
Exhaust
To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.
To exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether
Discharge
To clear the record of the loan of (a returned library book).
Exhaust
To expel (as exhaust).
Discharge
To relieve (a ship, for example) of a burden or of contents; unload.
Exhaust
(intransitive) To discharge or escape (as exhaust).
Discharge
To unload or empty (contents).
Exhaust
A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
Discharge
To go off; fire
The musket discharged loudly.
Exhaust
The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
Discharge
To pour forth, emit, or release contents.
Exhaust
The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
Discharge
To become blurred, as a color or dye; run.
Exhaust
An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
Discharge
To undergo the release of stored energy or electric charge.
Exhaust
Exhaust gas.
Discharge
To get rid of a burden, load, or weight.
Exhaust
(obsolete) Exhausted; used up.
Discharge
The act of shooting or firing a projectile or weapon.
Exhaust
To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
Discharge
A flowing out or pouring forth; emission; secretion
A discharge of pus.
Exhaust
To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.
Discharge
The amount or rate of emission or ejection.
Exhaust
To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five.
Discharge
Something that is discharged, released, emitted, or excreted
A watery discharge.
Exhaust
To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
Discharge
The act or an instance of removing an obligation, burden, or responsibility.
Exhaust
To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether.
Discharge
Fulfillment of the terms of something, such as a debt or promise.
Exhaust
Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
Discharge
Performance, as of an office or duty.
Exhaust
Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
Discharge
Dismissal or release from employment, service, care, or confinement.
Exhaust
The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
Discharge
An official document certifying such release, especially from military service.
Exhaust
The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
Discharge
Release of stored energy in a capacitor by the flow of current between its terminals.
Exhaust
Gases ejected from an engine as waste products
Discharge
Conversion of chemical energy to electric energy in a storage battery.
Exhaust
System consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
Discharge
A flow of electricity in a dielectric, especially in a rarefied gas.
Exhaust
Wear out completely;
This kind of work exhausts me
I'm beat
He was all washed up after the exam
Discharge
Elimination of net electric charge from a charged body.
Exhaust
Use up (resources or materials);
This car consumes a lot of gas
We exhausted our savings
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Discharge
The act of removing a load or burden.
Exhaust
Deplete;
Exhaust one's savings
We quickly played out our strength
Discharge
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
Exhaust
Use up the whole supply of;
We have exhausted the food supplies
Discharge
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
Exhaust
Create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc.)
Discharge
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
Discharge
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
Discharge
To expel or let go.
Discharge
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
Discharge
(electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
Discharge
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
Discharge
(medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
Discharge
(military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
Discharge
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
To discharge a prisoner
Discharge
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
Discharge
(logic) To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
Discharge
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
Discharge
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
To discharge a cargo
Discharge
To give forth; to emit or send out.
A pipe discharges water.
Discharge
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
He discharged a horrible oath.
Discharge
To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
To discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background
Discharge
To prohibit; to forbid.
Discharge
Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
Discharge
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
Discharge
The act of expelling or letting go.
Discharge
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
Discharge
The process of unloading something.
Discharge
The process of flowing out.
Discharge
(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
Discharge
(medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
Discharge
(military) The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
Discharge
(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).
Discharge
To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
Discharge
To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, - to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar.
The galleys also did oftentimes, out of their prows, discharge their great pieces against the city.
Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions.
Discharge
To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
Discharged of business, void of strife.
In one man's fault discharge another man of his duty.
Discharge
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
Discharge the common sortWith pay and thanks.
Grindal . . . was discharged the government of his see.
Discharge
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.
Discharge
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo.
Discharge
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
They do discharge their shot of courtesy.
Discharge
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
We say such an order was "discharged on appeal."
The order for Daly's attendance was discharged.
Discharge
To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part.
Had I a hundred tongues, a wit so largeAs could their hundred offices discharge.
Discharge
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
If he hadThe present money to discharge the Jew.
Discharge
To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath.
Discharge
To prohibit; to forbid.
Discharge
To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark ground.
Discharge
To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely.
The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not discharge.
Discharge
The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.
Discharge
Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
Discharge
Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.
Discharge
Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.
Indefatigable in the discharge of business.
Nothing can absolve us from the discharge of those duties.
Discharge
Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.
Discharge
Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.
Discharge
The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.
Too secure of our dischargeFrom penalty.
Discharge
That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.
Death, who sets all free,Hath paid his ransom now and full discharge.
Discharge
A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.
The hemorrhage being stopped, the next occurrence is a thin serous discharge.
Discharge
The equalization of a difference of electric potential between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the form of the terminal conductors on which the difference exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush, connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.
Discharge
The sudden giving off of energy
Discharge
The act of venting
Discharge
A substance that is emitted or released
Discharge
Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body;
The discharge of pus
Discharge
Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
Discharge
The pouring forth of a fluid
Discharge
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Discharge
A formal written statement of relinquishment
Discharge
The act of discharging a gun
Discharge
Complete or carry out;
Discharge one's duties
Discharge
Pour forth or release;
Discharge liquids
Discharge
Eliminate (substances) from the body
Discharge
Free from obligations or duties
Discharge
Remove the charge from
Discharge
Go off or discharge;
The gun fired
Discharge
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
Discharge
Leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;
Discharge
Cause to go off;
Fire a gun
Fire a bullet
Discharge
Release from military service
Discharge
Become empty or void of its content;
The room emptied
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