Abort vs Broke - What's the difference?
abort | broke |
(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
*, I.2.4.vi:
(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.
(papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
*1880 , James Dunbar, The Practical Papermaker: A Complete Guide to the Manufacture of Paper ,
*:If the broke accumulates, a larger proportion can be used in making coloured papers, otherwise the above quantity is sufiicient.
*1914 ,
*:Presumably, most of the brokes and waste were used up in this manner, and during the manufacture of the coarse stuff little or no attention was paid to either cleanliness or colour.
*2014 September 25, Judge Diane Wood,
*:These mills purchase broke from other paper mills through middlemen and use it to make paper.
(break)
(archaic, or, poetic)
* 1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama , season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company
# (nautical) Demoted, deprived of a commission.
To broker; to transact business for another.
(obsolete) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
* Fanshawe
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between abort and broke
is that abort is restroom, loo, toilet while broke is (papermaking) paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.As an adjective broke is
(informal) lacking money; bankrupt.As a verb broke is
(break) or broke can be to broker; to transact business for another.abort
English
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 ----broke
English
Synonyms
* boracic (UK rhyming slang), skint (UK slang), stony-broke (qualifier, UK slang') * See alsoNoun
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Verb
(head)- Guenther: I guess the hat must have broke my fall.
- He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.
Verb
(brok)- (Brome)
- We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said.
- And brokes with all that can in such a suit / Corrupt the tender honour of a maid.