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Outlet vs. Discharge — What's the Difference?

Outlet vs. Discharge — What's the Difference?

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Outlet

A passage for escape or exit; a vent.

Discharge

To release, as from confinement, care, or duty
Discharge a patient.
Discharge a soldier.

Outlet

A means of release or gratification, as for energies, drives, or desires
Exercised as an outlet for frustration.

Discharge

To let go; empty out
A train discharging commuters.

Outlet

A stream that flows out of a lake or pond.
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Discharge

To pour forth; emit
A vent discharging steam.

Outlet

The point where a stream flows out of a lake or pond.

Discharge

To shoot
Discharge a pistol.

Outlet

The mouth of a river where it flows into a larger body of water.

Discharge

To remove from office or employment.

Outlet

The point of intersection of a driveway and a road, especially in a rural area.

Discharge

To perform the obligations or demands of (an office, duty, or task).

Outlet

A commercial market for goods or services.

Discharge

To comply with the terms of (a debt or promise, for example).

Outlet

A store that sells the goods of a particular manufacturer or wholesaler.

Discharge

(Law) To release from debt, as in bankruptcy.

Outlet

A receptacle, especially one mounted in a wall, that is connected to a power supply and equipped with a socket for a plug.

Discharge

To remove (color) from cloth, as by chemical bleaching.

Outlet

A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.

Discharge

(Electricity) To cause the release of stored energy or electric charge from (a battery, for example).

Outlet

Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.

Discharge

To apportion (weight) evenly, as over a door.

Outlet

A river that runs out of a lake.

Discharge

To relieve (a part) of excess weight by distribution of pressure.

Outlet

A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.

Discharge

To clear the record of the loan of (a returned library book).

Outlet

A wall-mounted device such as a socket or receptacle connected to an electrical system at which current is taken to supply utilization equipment or appliances.
I had to move the cupboard to get to the power outlet.

Discharge

To relieve (a ship, for example) of a burden or of contents; unload.

Outlet

The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
Receiving all, and having no outlet.

Discharge

To unload or empty (contents).

Outlet

To let out; to emit.

Discharge

To go off; fire
The musket discharged loudly.

Outlet

A place of business for retailing goods

Discharge

To pour forth, emit, or release contents.

Outlet

Receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices

Discharge

To become blurred, as a color or dye; run.

Outlet

An opening that permits escape or release;
He blocked the way out
The canyon had only one issue

Discharge

To undergo the release of stored energy or electric charge.

Outlet

Activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion;
She had no other outlet for her feelings
He gave vent to his anger

Discharge

To get rid of a burden, load, or weight.

Discharge

The act of shooting or firing a projectile or weapon.

Discharge

A flowing out or pouring forth; emission; secretion
A discharge of pus.

Discharge

The amount or rate of emission or ejection.

Discharge

Something that is discharged, released, emitted, or excreted
A watery discharge.

Discharge

The act or an instance of removing an obligation, burden, or responsibility.

Discharge

Fulfillment of the terms of something, such as a debt or promise.

Discharge

Performance, as of an office or duty.

Discharge

Dismissal or release from employment, service, care, or confinement.

Discharge

An official document certifying such release, especially from military service.

Discharge

Release of stored energy in a capacitor by the flow of current between its terminals.

Discharge

Conversion of chemical energy to electric energy in a storage battery.

Discharge

A flow of electricity in a dielectric, especially in a rarefied gas.

Discharge

Elimination of net electric charge from a charged body.

Discharge

The act of removing a load or burden.

Discharge

To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.

Discharge

To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.

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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