Move vs. Remove — What's the Difference?

To change in position from one point to another

Take (something) away or off from the position occupied

To follow a specified course

Abolish or get rid of

To change posture or position; stir

Be distant from

To start off; depart

Separated by a particular number of steps of descent

(Games) To change position on a board in a board game.

A degree of remoteness or separation

To go from one residence or location to another; relocate

A form or division in some British schools

(Linguistics) To be copied or moved by means of a movement transformation to a new position in syntactic structure.

To move from a place or position occupied

To progress in sequence; go forward

To transfer or convey from one place to another

To progress toward a particular state or condition

To take off

To be disposed of by sale

To take away; withdraw

To be put in motion or to turn according to a prescribed motion. Used of machinery.

To do away with; eliminate

To exhibit great activity or energy

To dismiss from an office or position.

To initiate an action; act

To change one's place of residence or business; move

To be active in a particular environment

To go away; depart.

To stir the emotions

To be removable

To make a formal motion in parliamentary procedure

The act of removing; removal.

To evacuate. Used of the bowels.

Distance or degree of separation or remoteness

To change the place or position of

(transitive) To delete.

To cause to go from one place to another

(transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.

(Games) To change (a piece) from one position to another in a board game

To replace a dish within a course.

To change the course of

(transitive) To murder.

To cause to progress or advance

To dismiss a batsman.

To dislodge from a fixed point of view, as by persuasion

(transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).

To prompt to action; rouse

To depart, leave.

To arouse the emotions of; affect or stir.

(intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.

To cause to function

To dismiss or discharge from office.

To cause to progress or advance

The act of removing something.

To propose or request in formal parliamentary procedure

A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.

To make formal application to (a court, for example).

(British) at some public schools A division of the school, especially the form prior to last

To dispose of by sale

A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")

To cause (the bowels) to evacuate.

Distance in time or space; interval.

The act or an instance of moving.

Emotional distance or indifference.

A particular manner of moving

(dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.

A change of residence or location.

The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

An act of transferring a piece from one position to another in board games.

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

The prescribed manner in which a piece may be played.

To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.

A participant's turn to make a play.

To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.

An action taken to achieve an objective; a maneuver

To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.

(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.

The act of removing; a removal.

(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act

The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; - in the United States usually called a move.

(intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.

The state of being removed.

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.

To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.

The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.

(transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

(transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).

Degree of figurative distance or separation;

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit

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

To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).

Remove from a position or an office

To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.

Dispose of;

To apply to, as for aid.

Cause to leave;

To request an action from the court.

Shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes;

To bow or salute upon meeting.

Go away or leave;

To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).

Kill intentionally and with premeditation;

The act of moving; a movement.

Get rid of something abstract;

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.

The event of changing one's residence.

A change in strategy.

A transfer, a change from one employer to another.

(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

A round, in which each player has a turn.

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

To apply to, as for aid.

To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.

To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.

To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

The act of moving; a movement.

The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn; as, you can only borrow from the bank in Monopoly when it's your move.

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

The act of deciding to do something;

The act of changing your residence or place of business;

A change of position that does not entail a change of location;

The act of changing location from one place to another;

(game) a player's turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action

Change location; move, travel, or proceed;

Cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;

Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion;

Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment;

Follow a procedure or take a course;

Be in a state of action;

Go or proceed from one point to another;

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

Give an incentive for action;

Arouse sympathy or compassion in;

Dispose of by selling;

Progress by being changed;

Live one's life in a specified environment;

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

Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting