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Discard vs Abort - What's the difference?

discard | abort |

In transitive terms the difference between discard and abort

is that discard is to throw away, to reject while abort is to cause a premature termination of a foetus; to bring forth offspring prematurely; to end a pregnancy before term.

discard

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to throw away, to reject.
  • * I. Taylor
    • A man discards the follies of boyhood.
  • (card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
  • To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • They blame the favourites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should resolve to discard them.

    Synonyms

    * cast away * dismiss * dispose * eliminate * get rid of * throw away * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything discarded.
  • A discarded playing card in a card game.

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    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    abort

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) abortus, perfect active participle of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
  • *, I.2.4.vi:
    • In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort , which Aristotle commends.
  • (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
    • We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
  • (computing) The function used to abort a process.
  • (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.
    • We've had three aborts over the last two days.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) abortare, from abortus, from .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
    • Derived terms
    * abortable * abortee * aborter * abortifacient * abortion * abortive * abortment * abortorium * abortus
    See also
    * abend * exception

    References

    * * JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms *

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