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Abduct vs Induct - What's the difference?

abduct | induct |

As verbs the difference between abduct and induct

is that abduct is to take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap while induct is to formally or ceremoniously install in an office, position, et cetera.

abduct

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
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    • , year=1904 , author=Jules Verne , title=The Master of the World , chapter=16 , url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/v/verne/jules/v52mw/chapter16.html , passage=That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.}}
  • (physiology) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart.

    • Synonyms

    * kidnap * seize

    Derived terms

    * abductee * abductive

    Related terms

    * abduce * abducens * abducent * abduction * abductor

    References

    induct

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to formally or ceremoniously install in an office, position, et cetera.
  • to introduce into (particularly if certain knowledge or experience is required, such as ritual adulthood or cults).
  • to draft into military service.
  • to bring in as a member.

    • References

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