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Bolt vs Abscond - What's the difference?

bolt | abscond |

In intransitive terms the difference between bolt and abscond

is that bolt is to escape while abscond is to withdraw from.

In transitive terms the difference between bolt and abscond

is that bolt is to cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted) while abscond is to evade, to hide or flee from.

As verbs the difference between bolt and abscond

is that bolt is to connect or assemble pieces using a bolt while abscond is to hide, to be in hiding or concealment.

As a noun bolt

is a (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.

As an adverb bolt

is suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

As a proper noun Bolt

is {{surname|from=nicknames}.

bolt

English

(wikipedia bolt)
the Marmotto , live upon its own Fat.
  • (reflexive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.
  • * 1848 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), , Ch. 13
  • ... that very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond at the risk of stripes and of death.
  • * 1911 , (Ambrose Bierce), (w, The Devil's Dictionary)
  • Spring beckons! All things to the call respond;
    The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond .
  • To withdraw from.
  • * 2006 , Richard Rojcewicz, The Gods And Technology: A Reading Of Heidegger , ISBN 0791482308.
  • Modern technology accompanies the absconding of the original attitude.
  • * 2009 , Sonia Brill, Relationships Without Anger , ISBN 144902789X.
  • You cannot abscond from the responsibility both you and your partner owe to this event, and that includes dealing with anger issues and any other emotional issues that come with it.
  • (obsolete) To conceal; to take away.
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  • (label) To evade, to hide or flee from.
  • The captain absconded his responsibility
  • * 2006 , Aldo E. Chircop, Olof Lindén, Places of Refuge for Ships , ISBN 900414952X.
  • If the distress situation is solved succesfully, the anonymous shipowner will reap the commercial benefit, if the situation ends in disaster, the shipowner will hide behind an anonymous post box in a foreign country and will abscond responsibility.
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