unmount and safely remove?

[phillychease]

whats the difference?
i have a external hard drive and when i turn off my computer click safely remove.
what is unmount?

[lisati]

I saw a similar thread recently. From a day-to-day perspective I don't thinks there's that much of a difference (if any).

[whoop]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1301556