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leave office vs retire

retire vs leave office

leave office and retire both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
leave office No No Yes No
retire No No Yes No
As verbs, retire is a hyponym of leave office; that is, retire is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than leave office:
  • leave office: give up or retire from a position
  • retire: go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
Other hyponyms of leave office include give up, renounce, resign, vacate, top out, fall.
leave office (verb) retire (verb)
give up or retire from a position prepare for sleep
cause to get out
cause to be out on a fielding play
lose interest
pull back or move away or backward
dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
break from a meeting or gathering
go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
withdraw from active participation
make (someone) retire
withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
Difference between leave office and retire

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