Drain vs. Discharge — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Drain and Discharge
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Drain
To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process
Drained water from the sink.
Discharge
To release, as from confinement, care, or duty
Discharge a patient.
Discharge a soldier.
Drain
To cause liquid to go out from; empty
Drained the bathtub.
Drain the pond.
Discharge
To let go; empty out
A train discharging commuters.
Drain
To draw off the surface water of
The Mississippi River drains a vast area.
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Discharge
To pour forth; emit
A vent discharging steam.
Drain
To drink all the contents of
Drained the cup.
Discharge
To shoot
Discharge a pistol.
Drain
To cause (a resource or supply of something) to be used up gradually and often completely.
Discharge
To remove from office or employment.
Drain
To fatigue or spend emotionally or physically
The day's events drained me of energy.
Discharge
To perform the obligations or demands of (an office, duty, or task).
Drain
(Sports) To put (a ball or shot) into a hole or basket, as in golf or basketball
Drained the putt for a birdie.
Discharge
To comply with the terms of (a debt or promise, for example).
Drain
To flow off or out
Gasoline drained slowly from the tilted can.
Discharge
(Law) To release from debt, as in bankruptcy.
Drain
To become empty by the drawing off of liquid
Watched the tub slowly drain.
Discharge
To remove (color) from cloth, as by chemical bleaching.
Drain
To discharge surface or excess water
The Niagara River drains into Lake Ontario. When flooded, the swamp drains northward.
Discharge
(Electricity) To cause the release of stored energy or electric charge from (a battery, for example).
Drain
To become gradually depleted; dwindle
Felt his enthusiasm draining.
Discharge
To apportion (weight) evenly, as over a door.
Drain
A pipe or channel by which liquid is drawn off.
Discharge
To relieve (a part) of excess weight by distribution of pressure.
Drain
(Medicine) A device, such as a tube, inserted into the opening of a wound or body cavity to facilitate discharge of fluid or purulent material.
Discharge
To clear the record of the loan of (a returned library book).
Drain
The act or process of draining.
Discharge
To relieve (a ship, for example) of a burden or of contents; unload.
Drain
A gradual outflow or loss; consumption or depletion
The drain of young talent by emigration.
Discharge
To unload or empty (contents).
Drain
Something that causes a gradual loss
Interruptions that are a drain on my patience.
Discharge
To go off; fire
The musket discharged loudly.
Drain
A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole UK
The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
Discharge
To pour forth, emit, or release contents.
Drain
An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
Discharge
To become blurred, as a color or dye; run.
Drain
Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
That rental property is a drain on our finances.
Discharge
To undergo the release of stored energy or electric charge.
Drain
(vulgar) An act of urination.
Discharge
To get rid of a burden, load, or weight.
Drain
(electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Discharge
The act of shooting or firing a projectile or weapon.
Drain
(pinball) An outhole.
Discharge
A flowing out or pouring forth; emission; secretion
A discharge of pus.
Drain
A drink.
Discharge
The amount or rate of emission or ejection.
Drain
(intransitive) To lose liquid.
The clogged sink drained slowly.
Discharge
Something that is discharged, released, emitted, or excreted
A watery discharge.
Drain
(intransitive) To flow gradually.
The water of low ground drains off.
Discharge
The act or an instance of removing an obligation, burden, or responsibility.
Drain
To cause liquid to flow out of.
Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.
Discharge
Fulfillment of the terms of something, such as a debt or promise.
Drain
To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
Discharge
Performance, as of an office or duty.
Drain
(transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
The stress of this job is really draining me.
Discharge
Dismissal or release from employment, service, care, or confinement.
Drain
(transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
Discharge
An official document certifying such release, especially from military service.
Drain
To filter.
Discharge
Release of stored energy in a capacitor by the flow of current between its terminals.
Drain
To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
Discharge
Conversion of chemical energy to electric energy in a storage battery.
Drain
To drink.
Discharge
A flow of electricity in a dielectric, especially in a rarefied gas.
Drain
To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry.
Discharge
Elimination of net electric charge from a charged body.
Drain
To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
Sinking waters, the firm land to drain,Filled the capacious deep and formed the main.
Discharge
The act of removing a load or burden.
Drain
To filter.
Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh.
Discharge
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
Drain
To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
Discharge
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
Drain
To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
Discharge
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
Drain
The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country; the project is a drain on resources.
Discharge
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
Drain
That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
Discharge
To expel or let go.
Drain
The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
Discharge
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
Drain
Emptying accomplished by draining
Discharge
(electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
Drain
Tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
Discharge
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
Drain
A pipe through which liquid is carried away
Discharge
(medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
Drain
A gradual depletion of energy or resources;
A drain on resources
A drain of young talent by emmigration
Discharge
(military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
Drain
Flow off gradually;
The rain water drains into this big vat
Discharge
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
To discharge a prisoner
Drain
Deplete of resources;
The exercise class drains me of energy
Discharge
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
Drain
Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from;
We drained the oil tank
Discharge
(logic) To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
Drain
Make weak;
Life in the camp drained him
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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