Go vs. Leave — What's the Difference?

Move from one place to another; travel

Go away from

Leave; depart

Allow or cause to remain

Intend or be likely or intended to be or do something (used to express a future tense)

Cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or position

Pass into or be in a specified state, especially an undesirable one

(of a plant) put out new leaves

Proceed or turn out in a specified way

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

Be harmonious, complementary, or matching

Time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces

(of a machine or device) function

Permission

Contribute to or be put into (a whole)

To go out of or away from

(of an article) be regularly kept or put in a particular place

To go without taking or removing

(of a song or account) have a specified content or wording

To omit or exclude

Use a toilet; urinate or defecate

To have as a result, consequence, or remainder

An attempt or trial at something

To cause or allow to be or remain in a specified state

A person's turn to use or do something

To have remaining after death

Spirit, animation, or energy

To bequeath

A state of affairs

To give over to another to control or act on

An enterprise which has been approved

To abandon or forsake

A Japanese board game of territorial possession and capture.

To remove oneself from association with or participation in

Functioning properly

To give or deposit, as for use or information, upon one's departure or in one's absence

To move or travel; proceed

To cause or permit to be or remain

To move away from a place; depart

(Nonstandard) To allow or permit; let.

To pursue a certain course

To set out or depart; go

To resort to another, as for aid

To put forth foliage; leaf.

To extend between two points or in a certain direction; run

Permission to do something.

To give entry; lead

An act of departing; a farewell

To function properly

See leave of absence.

To have currency.

To have a consequence or remnant.

To pass from one person to another; circulate

(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.

To pass as the result of a sale

To cause, to result in.

(Informal) Used as an intensifier or to indicate annoyance when joined by and to a coordinate verb

(transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.

Used in the progressive tense with an infinitive to indicate future intent or expectation

To depart; to separate from.

To continue to be in a certain condition or continue an activity

To let be or do without interference.

To come to be in a certain condition

(transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.

To continue to be in effect or operation

(transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).

To carry out an action to a certain point or extent

(intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

To be called; be known

To transfer something.

To be customarily located; belong

(transitive) To transfer possession of after death.

To be capable of entering or fitting

(transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.

To pass into someone's possession

(transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.

To be allotted

To remain (behind); to stay.

To be a contributing factor

To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).

To have a particular form

(transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

To be such, by and large

To produce leaves or foliage.

To extend in time

(obsolete) To raise; to levy.

To pass by; elapse

(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.

To be used up or finished

(billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).

To be discarded or abolished

Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

To become weak; fail

Permission.

To give way; break up

(dated) Farewell, departure.

To cease living; die.

To send out leaves; to leaf; - often with out.

To happen or develop; fare

To raise; to levy.

To have a successful outcome

To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.

To be suitable or appropriate as an accessory or accompaniment

To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.

To have authority

To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

To be valid, acceptable, or adequate.

To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.

(Informal) To urinate or defecate

To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.

(Informal) To begin an act

To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit - with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.

(Obsolete) To walk.

To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.

To proceed or move according to

To cause to be; - followed by an adjective or adverb describing a state or condition; as, the losses due to fire leave me penniless; The cost of defending himself left Bill Clinton with a mountain of lawyers' bills.

To traverse

To depart; to set out.

To engage in

To cease; to desist; to leave off.

To bet

Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.

To bid

The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; - used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.

To take on the responsibility or obligation for

The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty;

To participate to (a given extent)

Permission to do something;

To amount to; weigh

The act of departing politely;

(Sports) To have as a record

Go away from a place;

(Informal) To enjoy

Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness;

(Informal) To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration

Act or be so as to become in a specified state;

The act or an instance of going.

Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking;

An attempt; an effort

Move out of or depart from;

The time or period of an activity.

Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain;

(Informal) Energy; vitality

Result in;

The go-ahead.

Remove oneself from an association with or participation in;

Often Go The starting point

Put into the care or protection of someone;

(Informal) A situation in which planned operations can be effectuated

Leave or give by will after one's death;

A board game of Chinese origin in which two players take turns placing counters on the points formed by the intersection of 19 vertical and 19 horizontal lines.

Have left or have as a remainder;

(Informal) Functioning correctly and ready for action

Be survived by after one's death;

To move:

Tell or deposit (information) knowledge;

(intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.

Leave behind unintentionally;

(intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). See also go back.

(intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).

To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).

(intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.

(intransitive) To leave; to move away.

To walk; to travel on one's feet.

To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).

(intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).

(intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.

(intransitive) To attend.

To proceed:

(intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).

To proceed (especially to do something foolish).

To follow or travel along (a path):

To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).

To travel or pass along.

(intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).

(intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.

(copulative) To become. The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.

To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.

To continuously or habitually be in a state.

(copulative) To come to (a certain condition or state).

(intransitive) To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

(intransitive) To tend (toward a result).

To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.

To pass, to be used up:

To elapse, to pass; to slip away. Compare go by.

(intransitive) To end or disappear. Compare go away.

(intransitive) To be spent or used up.

(intransitive) To die.

To be lost or out:

To be lost.

To be out.

To break down or apart:

(intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.

(intransitive) To break down or decay.

(intransitive) To be sold.

(intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.

(intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.

To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.

To have a certain record.

To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:

(intransitive) To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.

(intransitive) To be accepted.

(intransitive) To be valid.

To say (something), to make a sound:

To say (something, aloud or to oneself). Often used in present tense.

(transitive) To make the (specified) sound.

(intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.

To be expressed or composed (a certain way).

(intransitive) To resort (to).

To apply or subject oneself to:

To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. Compare be going to.

(intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).

(intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.

To fit (in a place, or together with something):

To fit.

(intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.

(intransitive) To belong (somewhere).

(intransitive) To date.

(transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).

To attack:

(intransitive) To fight or attack.

To fight.

To attack.

To be in general; to be usually.

(transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.

(transitive) To yield or weigh.

To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.

To enjoy. Compare go for.

To urinate or defecate.

(imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.

(uncommon) The act of going.

A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).

An attempt, a try.

An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.

An act; the working or operation.

A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.

(dated) The fashion or mode.

(dated) Noisy merriment.

A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.

(uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.

(cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

A period of activity.

A dandy; a fashionable person.

(board game) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action.

Gone.

To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; - used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.

To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.

To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.

To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.

To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; - often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show.

To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.

To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; - generally with over or through.

To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.

To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; - in opposition to stay and come.

To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.

To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.

To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.

To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.

To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling.

Act; working; operation.

A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.

The fashion or mode; as, quite the go.

Noisy merriment; as, a high go.

A glass of spirits.

Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him.

That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement.

A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);

Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

A usually brief attempt;

A board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters

Change location; move, travel, or proceed;

Follow a procedure or take a course;

Move away from a place into another direction;

Enter or assume a certain state or condition;

Be awarded; be allotted;

Have a particular form;

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point;

Follow a certain course;

Be abolished or discarded;

Be or continue to be in a certain condition;

Make a certain noise or sound;

Perform as expected when applied;

To be spent or finished;

Progress by being changed;

Continue to live; endure or last;

Pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action;

Pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

Be in the right place or situation;

Be ranked or compare;

Begin or set in motion;

Have a turn; make one's move in a game;

Be contained in;

Be sounded, played, or expressed;

Blend or harmonize;

Lead, extend, or afford access;

Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired;

Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way;

Be spent;

Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number;

Stop operating or functioning;

Functioning correctly and ready for action;