The difference between Retract and Withdraw

When used as verbs, retract means to pull back inside, whereas withdraw means to pull (something) back, aside, or away.


check bellow for the other definitions of Retract and Withdraw

  1. Retract as a verb (transitive):

    To pull back inside.

    Examples:

    "An airplane retracts its wheels for flight."

  2. Retract as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To draw back; to draw up.

    Examples:

    "Muscles retract after amputation."

    "A cat can retract its claws."

  3. Retract as a verb (transitive):

    To take back or withdraw something one has said.

    Examples:

    "I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won't sue me."

  4. Retract as a verb:

    To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Woodward"

  1. Withdraw as a verb (transitive):

    To pull (something) back, aside, or away.

  2. Withdraw as a verb (intransitive):

    To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.

  3. Withdraw as a verb (transitive):

    To take back (a comment, etc).

    Examples:

    "to withdraw false charges"

  4. Withdraw as a verb (transitive):

    To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).

  5. Withdraw as a verb (transitive):

    To extract (money from an account).

  6. Withdraw as a verb (intransitive):

    To retreat.

  7. Withdraw as a verb (intransitive):

    To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

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