Abridge vs Omit - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between abridge and omit

is that abridge is to curtail while omit is to fail to perform.

is that abridge is to deprive; to cut off while omit is to leave out or exclude.

(abridg)

(archaic) To deprive; to cut off.

(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.

To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.

* The bridegroom ... abridged his visit. - Smollett

* She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. - Fuller

To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.

Cut short; truncate.

To curtail.

He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.

* (deprive) Usually used with to' or sometimes with '''from''' as, to ' abridge one of his rights.

* abridged * abridger * abridgement

(omitt)

To leave out or exclude.

To fail to perform.

(rare) To neglect or take no notice of.

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