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Abortive vs Trivial - What's the difference?

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Abortive is a related term of trivial.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between abortive and trivial

is that abortive is (obsolete) to cause an abortion; to render without fruit while trivial is (obsolete) any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

In biology|lang=en terms the difference between abortive and trivial

is that abortive is (biology) imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile while trivial is (biology) relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.

As adjectives the difference between abortive and trivial

is that abortive is (obsolete) produced by abortion; born prematurely while trivial is ignorable; of little significance or value.

As nouns the difference between abortive and trivial

is that abortive is (obsolete) that which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion while trivial is (obsolete) any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

As a verb abortive

is (obsolete) to cause an abortion; to render without fruit .

abortive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely.
    • an abortive child
  • Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful.
    • an abortive attempt
  • * 1799 edition, , Paradise Lost :
    • and with utter loss of being
    Threatens him, plung'd in that abortive gulf.
  • * (rfdate),
    • An abortive enterprise.
  • (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
    • an abortive organ
    an abortive stamen
    an abortive ovule
  • (medicine, rare, attributive) Causing abortion; abortifacient
    • abortive medicines
  • * (Parr)
  • (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
    • abortive treatment of typhoid fever
  • Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
    • abortive vellum

    Derived terms

    * abortiveness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
  • * "Thou elvish-mark'd, abortive , rooting hog!" - Shakespeare, Richard III, I-iii
  • (obsolete) A fruitless effort or issue.
  • (obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.

    • Verb

    (abortiv)
  • (obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.

    • References

    * ----

    trivial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ignorable; of little significance or value.
  • * 1848, , Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
    • "All which details, I have no doubt, Jones , who reads this book at his Club, will pronounce to be excessively foolish, trivial , twaddling, and ultra-sentimental."
  • Commonplace, ordinary.
  • * De Quincey
    • As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial , and incapable of labour.
  • Concerned with or involving trivia.
  • (biology) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
  • (mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
  • (mathematics) Self-evident.
  • Pertaining to the trivium.
  • (philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.

    • Synonyms

    * (of little significance) ignorable, negligible, trifling

    Antonyms

    * nontrivial * important * significant * radical * fundamental

    Derived terms

    * trivia

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.
    • (Skelton)
    (Wood)
    (Webster 1913) ----