The difference between Hand over and Surrender
When used as verbs, hand over means to relinquish control or possession of something to someone, whereas surrender means to give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
Surrender is also noun with the meaning: an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hand over and Surrender
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Hand over as a verb (transitive, idiomatic):
To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
Examples:
"I handed over the controls to the copilot."
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Hand over as a verb (transitive, idiomatic):
To deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.).
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Surrender as a verb (transitive):
To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
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Surrender as a verb (military, by extension, transitive):
To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
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Surrender as a verb (intransitive, or, reflexive):
To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
Examples:
"I surrender!"
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Surrender as a verb (transitive):
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
Examples:
"to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage"
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Surrender as a verb (reflexive):
To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
Examples:
"to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep"
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Surrender as a verb (ambitransitive, blackjack):
To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
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Surrender as a verb (transitive, insurance):
For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
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Surrender as a noun:
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
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Surrender as a noun:
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
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Surrender as a noun (legal, property law):
The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.