Ablates vs Abates - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between ablates and abates

is that ablates is third-person singular of ablate while abates is third-person singular of abate.

plural of lang=en.

(head)

(ablate)

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(ablat)

To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.

To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.

* ablator

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(head)

(head)

(abate)

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