Abatement vs Reduce - What's the difference?
abatement | reduce |
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression of.
The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
(heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
(legal) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
(legal) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
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To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.
* to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.
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To lose weight.
To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
* to reduce a sergeant to the ranks
* An ancient but reduced family. --.
* Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon something belonging to it, to reduce it. --.
* Having reduced their foe to misery beneath their fears. -- .
* Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced . --.
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To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
* to reduce a province or a fort
To bring to an inferior state or condition.
* to reduce a city to ashes
(cooking) To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
(chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
(metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
(mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
(legal) To convert to written form (Usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase "to writing").
* It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing.
(medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
(military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
In legal|lang=en terms the difference between abatement and reduce
is that abatement is (legal) the reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due while reduce is (legal) to convert to written form (usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase "to writing").As a noun abatement
is the act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression of or abatement can be (legal) the action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.As a verb reduce is
to bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.abatement
English
(wikipedia abatement)Etymology 1
From (etyl) abatement, from (etyl) abatre.Noun
(en noun)- the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
Derived terms
* defense in abatement * plea in abatementEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)References
reduce
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Verb
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- Neither [Jones] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority."