The difference between Retrieve and Write
When used as nouns, retrieve means a retrieval, whereas write means the operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
When used as verbs, retrieve means to regain or get back something, whereas write means to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Retrieve and Write
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Retrieve as a verb (transitive):
To regain or get back something.
Examples:
"to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball"
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Retrieve as a verb (transitive):
To rescue (a creature).
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Retrieve as a verb (transitive):
To salvage something
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Retrieve as a verb (transitive):
To remedy or rectify something.
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Retrieve as a verb (transitive):
To remember or recall something.
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Retrieve as a verb (transitive, especially, computing):
To fetch or carry back something.
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Retrieve as a verb (transitive):
To fetch and bring in game.
Examples:
"The cook doesn't care what's shot, only what's actually retrieved."
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Retrieve as a verb (intransitive):
To fetch and bring in game systematically.
Examples:
"Dog breeds called 'retrievers' were selected for retrieving."
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Retrieve as a verb (intransitive):
To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
Examples:
"Most dogs love retrieving, regardless of what object is thrown."
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Retrieve as a verb (sports, transitive):
To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
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Retrieve as a verb (obsolete):
To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).
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Retrieve as a noun:
A retrieval
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Retrieve as a noun (sports):
The return of a difficult ball
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Retrieve as a noun (obsolete):
A seeking again; a discovery.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ben Jonson"
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Retrieve as a noun (obsolete):
The recovery of game once sprung.
Examples:
"rfquotek Nares"
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Write as a verb (ambitransitive):
To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
Examples:
"The pupil wrote his name on the paper."
"Your son has been writing on the wall."
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Write as a verb (transitive):
To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
Examples:
"My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald."
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Write as a verb (transitive):
To send written information to.
Examples:
"(UK) Please write to me when you get there."
"(US) Please write me when you get there."
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Write as a verb (transitive):
To show (information, etc) in written form.
Examples:
"The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus."
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Write as a verb (intransitive):
To be an author.
Examples:
"I write for a living."
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Write as a verb (computing, intransitive, with {{m, to):
}} To record data mechanically or electronically.
Examples:
"The computer writes to the disk faster than it [[reads]] from it."
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Write as a verb (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.):
To fill in, to complete using words.
Examples:
"I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test."
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Write as a verb:
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
Examples:
"truth written on the heart"
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Write as a verb:
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
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Write as a noun (computing):
The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
Examples:
"How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?"