Drop vs. Withdraw — What's the Difference?

Let or make (something) fall vertically

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position

Fall vertically

Leave or cause to leave a place or situation

Make or become lower, weaker, or less

Cease to take an addictive drug

Abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)

To take back or away; remove

Set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else

To cause to leave or return

(in sport) fail to win (a point or a match)

To remove (money) from an account.

Force or be forced to play (a relatively high card) as a loser under an opponent's higher card, because it is the only card in its suit held in the hand

To turn away (one's gaze, for example).

A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface

To draw aside

An instance of falling or dropping

To remove from consideration or participation

A delivery

To recall or retract

A small, round sweet or lozenge

To move or draw back; retire

An earring that hangs down from the earlobe

To leave or return, as from a military position.

A section of theatrical scenery lowered from the flies; a drop cloth or drop curtain.

To remove oneself from active participation

A trapdoor on a gallows, the opening of which causes the prisoner to fall and thus be hanged

To become detached from social or emotional involvement

A small amount of a liquid, drawn into a roughly spherical mass by surface tension.

To recall or remove a motion from consideration in parliamentary procedure.

The quantity of liquid contained in such a mass, especially when measured out by a dropper.

To discontinue the use of a drug or other substance, especially one that is addictive.

Drops Liquid medicine administered in drops.

To react physiologically and mentally to this discontinuance, often while experiencing distressing symptoms.

A small quantity of a liquid

(transitive)

(Informal) An alcoholic drink

To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.

A trace or hint

To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.

Something, such as an earring, shaped or hanging like a drop.

To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.

A small globular piece of hard candy.

To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.

The act of falling; descent

(figuratively)

A swift decline or decrease, as in quality, quantity, or intensity

To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.

The vertical distance from a higher to a lower level

To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.

The distance through which something falls or drops.

(intransitive)

A sheer incline, such as the face of a cliff

Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.

A descent or delivery of something by parachute

Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc.

Personnel and equipment landed by means of parachute.

To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.

Something, such as a trapdoor on a gallows, that is arranged to fall or be lowered.

To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.

A drop curtain.

Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.

A slot through which something is deposited in a receptacle.

An act of drawing back or removing; a removal, a withdrawal or withdrawing.

A central place or establishment where something, such as mail, is brought and subsequently distributed.

(law) withdraught

A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like.

The act of depositing such communications or materials.

To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.

(Electronics) A connection made available for an input or output unit on a transmission line.

To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company.

To fall in drops

Pull back or move away or backward;

To fall from a higher to a lower place or position

Withdraw from active participation;

To become less, as in number, intensity, or volume

Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles;

To move or descend from one height or level to another

Cause to be returned;

To fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.

Take back what one has said;

To pass or slip into a specified state or condition

Keep away from others;

(Sports) To fall or roll into a basket or hole. Used of a ball.

Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract;

To let fall by releasing hold of

Break from a meeting or gathering;

To let fall in drops

Retire gracefully;

To cause to become less; reduce

Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source);

To cause to fall, as by hitting or shooting

Lose interest;

(Sports) To hurl or strike (a ball) into a basket or hole.

Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;

To give birth to. Used of animals.

To say or offer casually

To write at one's leisure

To cease consideration or treatment of

To terminate an association or a relationship with

To leave unfinished

To leave out (a letter, for example) in speaking or writing.

To leave or set down at a particular place; unload

(Informal) To spend, especially lavishly or rashly

To airdrop (supplies, for example).

To lower the level of (the voice).

To lose (a game or contest, for example).

(Slang) To take, as a drug, by mouth

A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.

(pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).

A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).

(figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.

A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.

Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.

A single measure of whisky.

That which hangs or resembles a liquid globule, such as a hanging diamond earring or ornament, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.

Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.

(architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.

A thing which drops or hangs down.

The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.

(agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.

(American football) A dropped pass.

(law enforcement) A platform]] on a gallows; a gallows itself.

An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.

(technology)

(theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.

An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).

An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.

An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.

A release (of music, a video game, etc).

(gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.

Preceded by the: execution by hanging.

(sports)

An unsolicited credit card issue.

A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.

(sewing)

The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.

The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.

The vertical length of a hanging curtain.

(engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.

(law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.

(nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.

A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.

(informal) nodot=1 An advantage.

(music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.

(intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.

To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.

(intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.

(intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.

(intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.

(intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.

(intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.

(intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.

(intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.

(intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.

(intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.

Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.

To drop out of the betting.

Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.

(transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.

To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).

(transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.

To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.

(cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.

(transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.

(transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).

(transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.

(transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.

(transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.

(transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.

(transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.

To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.

(transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).

(transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.

(transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.

(transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).

To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).

To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).

To impart (something).

Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).

To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.

To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).

To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.

To perform (rap music).

To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).

(cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.

(rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.

To cover (something) with or as if with drops, especially of a different colour; to bedrop, to variegate.

To enter a more basic interface.

To present the user with a more basic interface.

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.

That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.

Same as Gutta.

Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something

Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.

The depth of a square sail; - generally applied to the courses only.

Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.

To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill.

To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.

To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.

To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.

To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.

To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.

To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.

To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.

To fall in drops.

To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.

To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.

To fall dead, or to fall in death; as, dropping like flies.

To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.

To come unexpectedly; - with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment.

To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.

To fall short of a mark.

To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.

A small quantity (especially of a liquid);

A shape that is small and round;

A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;

A steep high face of rock;

A predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity;

A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

A central depository where things can be left or picked up

The act of dropping something;

Let fall to the ground;

To fall vertically;

Go down in value;

Fall or drop to a lower place or level;

Terminate an association with;

Utter casually;

Stop pursuing or acting;

Leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;

Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;

Lose (a game);

Pay out;

Lower the pitch of (musical notes)

Hang freely;

Stop associating with;

Let or cause to fall in drops;

Get rid of;

Leave undone or leave out;

Change from one level to another;

Grow worse;

Give birth; used for animals;