escape vs leave
leave vs escapeescape and leave both are nouns.
escape and leave both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| escape | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| leave | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
leave is a hypernym of
escape; that is, leave is a
word with a broader meaning than escape:
- escape: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- leave: go away from a place
| escape (noun) | leave (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of escaping physically | the act of departing politely |
| nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | permission to do something |
| an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty |
| an avoidance of danger or difficulty | |
| a means or way of escaping | |
| a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level | |
| the discharge of a fluid from some container | |
| a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild |
| escape (verb) | leave (verb) |
|---|---|
| issue or leak, as from a small opening | leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking |
| fail to experience | be survived by after one's death |
| escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action | leave behind unintentionally |
| run away from confinement | go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness |
| flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | move out of or depart from |
| remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | go away from a place |
| be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | leave or give by will after one's death |
| transmit (knowledge or skills) | |
| put into the care or protection of someone | |
| remove oneself from an association with or participation in | |
| produce as a result or residue | |
| make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | |
| act or be so as to become in a specified state | |
| have left or have as a remainder |
Words related to "escape"
- Hegira
- Hejira
- Underground Railroad
- Underground Railway
- agency
- amaze
- avoid
- avoidance
- baffle
- beat
- bewilder
- bilk
- break
- break away
- break loose
- break out
- breakout
- bunk
- carelessness
- circumvention
- come forth
- come out
- defy
- discharge
- diversion
- dodging
- dumbfound
- egress
- elude
- emerge
- escape
- escape cock
- escape from
- escape mechanism
- escape valve
- escapee
- escapism
- escapist
- evade
- evasion
- exfiltrate
- exit
- exodus
- flee
- flight
- flora
- flummox
- fly
- fly the coop
- gaolbreak
- get
- get away
- get by
- get off
- get out
- getaway
- go away
- go forth
- goldbricking
- goofing off
- gravel
- head for the hills
- hegira
- hejira
- hightail it
- issue
- jailbreak
- lam
- leak
- leakage
- leave
- malingering
- means
- miss
- mystify
- neglect
- negligence
- nonperformance
- nonplus
- outflow
- outlet
- outpouring
- perplex
- plant
- plant life
- pose
- prison-breaking
- prisonbreak
- puzzle
- recreation
- refuse
- regulator
- relief valve
- resist
- run
- run away
- running away
- safety valve
- scarper
- scat
- shake
- shake off
- shirking
- shunning
- skedaddle
- skulking
- slacking
- slip
- soldiering
- stick
- stupefy
- take flight
- take to the woods
- throw off
- turn tail
- turning away
- valve
- vex
- way
- way out
Words related to "leave"
- abandon
- admit
- afford
- allow
- allow for
- arrive
- bear away
- bear off
- beetle off
- bequeath
- bolt
- bolt out
- break away
- bring about
- bugger off
- bundle off
- bunk
- buy the farm
- buzz off
- carry away
- carry off
- cash in one's chips
- change
- choke
- come away
- compassionate leave
- conk
- convey
- croak
- decamp
- decease
- depart
- departure
- desert
- desolate
- devise
- die
- drop dead
- drop out
- eject
- emigrate
- empty
- entail
- entrust
- escape
- exit
- expire
- fall out
- family leave
- farewell
- fee-tail
- file out
- fly the coop
- forbear
- forget
- forsake
- fuck off
- furlough
- get
- get off
- get out
- gift
- give
- give rise
- give-up the ghost
- go
- go away
- go forth
- go out
- going
- going away
- hand
- have
- have got
- head for the hills
- hightail it
- hold
- hop out
- impart
- jilt
- kick the bucket
- lam
- lead
- leave
- leave alone
- leave behind
- leave of absence
- leave office
- leave-taking
- leaver
- leaving
- let
- let alone
- liberty
- linger
- log off
- log out
- lose
- make
- move
- parental leave
- part
- parting
- pass
- pass away
- pass on
- perish
- permission
- pop off
- pop out
- present
- produce
- provide
- pull out
- pull up stakes
- quit
- reach
- refrain
- remember
- resign
- result
- ride away
- ride off
- run
- run away
- run off
- run out
- rush away
- rush off
- sabbatical
- sabbatical leave
- scarper
- scat
- scram
- set forth
- set off
- set out
- shore leave
- sick leave
- skip
- slip away
- slip out
- sneak away
- sneak off
- sneak out
- snuff it
- start
- start out
- steal away
- step down
- step out
- take away
- take leave
- take off
- take to the woods
- tarry
- tell
- terminal leave
- time off
- turn over
- turn tail
- undock
- vacate
- valediction
- vamoose
- walk away
- walk off
- walk out
- widow
- will
- yield
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