The difference between Leave and Will
When used as nouns, leave means the action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball, whereas will means one's independent faculty of choice.
When used as verbs, leave means to cause or allow (something) to remain as available, whereas will means to wish, desire (something).
check bellow for the other definitions of Leave and Will
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Leave as a verb (transitive):
To have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely. To cause, to result in. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
Examples:
"I left my car at home and took a bus to work.  nowrap The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.  nowrap There's not much food left. We'd better go to the shops."
"The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.  nowrap Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life."
"'Leave your hat in the hall.  nowrap We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.  nowrap I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow."
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Leave as a verb (transitive):
To depart; to separate from. To let be or do without interference. To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with. To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project). To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
Examples:
"I left him to his reflections.  nowrap I leave my hearers to judge."
"I left the country and I left my wife."
"I left the band."
"I think you'd better leave."
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Leave as a verb (transitive):
To transfer something. To transfer possession of after death. To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit. To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
Examples:
"When my father died, he left me the house."
"I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there."
"Can't we just leave this to the experts?"
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Leave as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To remain (behind); to stay.
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Leave as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
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Leave as a noun (cricket):
The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
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Leave as a noun (billiards):
The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
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Leave as a noun:
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
Examples:
"I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss."
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Leave as a noun (dated, or, legal):
Permission.
Examples:
"Might I beg leave to accompany you?"
"The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences."
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Leave as a noun (dated):
Farewell, departure.
Examples:
"I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance."
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Leave as a verb (transitive):
To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
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Leave as a verb (intransitive, rare):
To produce leaves or foliage.
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Leave as a verb (obsolete):
To raise; to levy.
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Will as a verb (rare, transitive):
To wish, desire (something).
Examples:
"Do what you will."
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Will as a verb (rare, intransitive):
To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
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Will as a verb (auxiliary):
To habitually do (a given action).
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Will as a verb (auxiliary):
To choose to (do something); .
Examples:
"I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine."
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Will as a verb (auxiliary):
Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare .
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Will as a verb (auxiliary):
To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Examples:
"Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand."
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Will as a verb (auxiliary):
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Will as a noun:
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
Examples:
"Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason."
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Will as a noun:
One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
Examples:
"Eventually I submitted to my parents' will."
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Will as a noun:
The act of choosing to do something; a person's conscious intent or volition.
Examples:
"Most creatures have a will to live."
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Will as a noun:
A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
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Will as a noun (archaic):
That which is desired; one's wish.
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Will as a noun (archaic):
Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
Examples:
"He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land."
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Will as a verb (archaic):
To wish, desire.
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Will as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
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Will as a verb (transitive):
To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
Examples:
"All the fans were willing their team to win the game."
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Will as a verb (transitive):
To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
Examples:
"He willed his stamp collection to the local museum."