The difference between Add and Remove

When used as nouns, add means an act or instance of adding, whereas remove means the act of removing something.

When used as verbs, add means to join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate, whereas remove means to move something from one place to another, especially to take away. to replace a dish within a course.

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  1. Add as a verb (transitive):

    To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.

  2. Add as a verb:

    To sum up; to put together mentally.

    Examples:

    "to add numbers"

  3. Add as a verb (transitive):

    To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.

    Examples:

    "to add a column of numbers"

  4. Add as a verb (transitive):

    To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).

  5. Add as a verb (transitive):

    To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.

  6. Add as a verb (intransitive):

    To make an addition; to augment; to increase.

    Examples:

    "It adds to our anxiety."

  7. Add as a verb (intransitive, mathematics):

    To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.

    Examples:

    "He adds rapidly."

  1. Add as a noun (computer science):

    An act or instance of adding.

  2. Add as a noun (video games):

    An additional enemy that joined the fight after the primary target.

    Examples:

    "After engaging the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with."

  1. Remove as a verb (transitive):

    To move something from one place to another, especially to take away. To replace a dish within a course.

    Examples:

    "He removed the marbles from the bag."

  2. Remove as a verb (transitive):

    To murder.

  3. Remove as a verb (cricket, transitive):

    To dismiss a batsman.

  4. Remove as a verb (transitive):

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

  5. Remove as a verb (intransitive, now, rare):

    To depart, leave.

  6. Remove as a verb (intransitive):

    To change one's residence; to move.

  7. Remove as a verb:

    To dismiss or discharge from office.

    Examples:

    "The President removed many postmasters."

  1. Remove as a noun:

    The act of removing something.

  2. Remove as a noun:

    Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.

  3. Remove as a noun (British):

    A division of the school, especially the form prior to last

  4. Remove as a noun:

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

  5. Remove as a noun:

    Distance in time or space; interval.

  6. Remove as a noun (dated):

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

  7. Remove as a noun:

    The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Jonathan Swift"

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