Difference between Extinguish and Eliminate

EXTINGUISH vs ELIMINATE: VERB

To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy.
To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).
To put an end to or make extinct; destroy: : annihilate.
To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.

To get rid of; remove.
To leave out or omit from consideration; reject.
To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.
To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
To cause to disappear from an equation.
To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.
To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce.
To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete
To excrete (bodily wastes).

Put an end to
Kill
In law, to put an end to. See extinguishment, 2.
To put under a cloud; obscure: eclipse; make unnoticed or unnoticeable: as, he was completely extinguished in this brilliant company.
To destroy; put an end to; suppress: as, to extinguish an army; to extinguish desire or hope; to extinguish a claim or title.
To put out; quench; stifle: as, to extinguish fire or flame.

Get rid of something
In mathematics, to remove (a quantity) from a system of equations by the reduction of the number of equations.
To thrust out; remove, throw aside, or disregard as injurious, superfluous, irrelevant, or for any reason undesirable or unnecessary; expel; get rid of.
To go beyond the limit or limits of.

Suppress, Quell, Subdue, Douse, Crush out, Stub out, Carry off, Press out, Wipe out, Decimate, Snuff out, Eliminate, Annihilate, Obliterate, Eradicate

Rid of, Rule out, Evacuate, Wipe out, Pass, Void, Empty, Excrete, Get rid of, Extinguish, Annihilate, Reject, Decimate, Obviate, Eradicate

Defuse, Suppress, Quell, Subdue, Douse, Stub out, Crush out, Carry off, Wipe out, Decimate, Snuff out, Eliminate, Annihilate, Obliterate, Eradicate

Rid of, Rule out, Evacuate, Wipe out, Pass, Void, Empty, Excrete, Get rid of, Extinguish, Annihilate, Reject, Decimate, Obviate, Eradicate

Do not attempt to extinguish a pipeline fire.
Only attempt to extinguish a fire if trained.
Vermont law such facts cannot extinguish these easements.
Mexican society has failed to extinguish her nonconformity.
Congress cannot by statute extinguish that constitutional authority.
Smoldering composites are difficult to extinguish with water.
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Fixed schedules are easy to extinguish, whereas variable schedules are difficult to extinguish.
Mining leases do not necessarily extinguish all native title, but do extinguish the native title rights with which they conflict.
Some lamps may extinguish early; other lamps may flicker before they extinguish at their low end.

CT and MRI scans to eliminate other diagnoses.
We eliminate intercompany transactions and balances in consolidation.
Fusion minimally impacts function and can eliminate pain.
PSQIA and to eliminate the potential for confusion.
To eliminate practices having adverse effects on competition.
Oh, if we could only eliminate this entirely!
The third approach is to eliminate error consequences.
Bankruptcy is able to eliminate most consumer debts.
They would pay attendees to eliminate our gun rights, eliminate freedom of speech, open our borders and implement socialism throughout our country.
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