Abort vs Aborn - What's the difference?
abort | aborn |
(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
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(military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
(computing) The function used to abort a process.
(computing) An event involving the abort of a process.
To miscarry; to bring forth offspring prematurely.
To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
(biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
(biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
(military) To fail or abandon a mission for any reason other than enemy action, at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
(aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
To cause a premature termination of a foetus; to bring forth offspring prematurely; to end a pregnancy before term.
(computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
born, begotten, created, developed
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As a noun abort
is restroom, loo, toilet.As an adjective aborn is
born, begotten, created, developed.As a verb aborn is
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Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) abortus, perfect active participle of .Noun
(en noun)- In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort , which Aristotle commends.
- We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
- We've had three aborts over the last two days.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) abortare, from abortus, from .Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* abortable * abortee * aborter * abortifacient * abortion * abortive * abortment * abortorium * abortusSee also
* abend * exceptionReferences
* * JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms *Anagrams
* English ergative verbs ----aborn
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Adjective
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citation, archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-09-14 , passage= ... or (B) explain it away as something caused by the circumstances of his birth: "Aye, we often see these moles on babes aborn on escape wessels under Romulan attack ... " }}