The difference between Contain and Release

When used as verbs, contain means to hold inside, whereas release means to let go (of).

Release is also noun with the meaning: the event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

check bellow for the other definitions of Contain and Release

  1. Contain as a verb (transitive):

    To hold inside.

  2. Contain as a verb (transitive):

    To include as a part.

  3. Contain as a verb (transitive):

    To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

    Examples:

    "I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!"

  4. Contain as a verb (mathematics, of a [[set]] etc., transitive):

    To have as an element or subset.

    Examples:

    "A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements."

    "If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning."

  5. Contain as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

  1. Release as a noun:

    The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

  2. Release as a noun (software):

    The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be either public or private.

  3. Release as a noun:

    Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).

    Examples:

    "The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases."

  4. Release as a noun:

    That which is released, untied or let go.

    Examples:

    "They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies."

  5. Release as a noun:

    The giving up of a claim.

  6. Release as a noun:

    Liberation from pain or suffering.

  7. Release as a noun (biochemistry):

    The process by which a chemical substance is set free.

  8. Release as a noun (phonetics, sound synthesis):

    The act or manner of ending a sound.

  9. Release as a noun (railways, historical):

    In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.

  10. Release as a noun:

    A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required. A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit. The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.

  1. Release as a verb:

    To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.

    Examples:

    "He released his grasp on the lever."

  2. Release as a verb:

    To make available to the public.

    Examples:

    "They released the new product later than intended."

  3. Release as a verb:

    To free or liberate; to set free.

    Examples:

    "He was released after two years in prison."

  4. Release as a verb:

    To discharge.

    Examples:

    "They released thousands of gallons of water into the river each month."

  5. Release as a verb (telephone):

    To hang up.

    Examples:

    "If you continue to use abusive language, I will need to release the call."

  6. Release as a verb (legal):

    To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

  7. Release as a verb:

    To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.

    Examples:

    "to release an ordinance"

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  8. Release as a verb (soccer):

    To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity

  9. Release as a verb (biochemistry):

    To set free a chemical substance.

  1. Release as a verb (transitive):

    To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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