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Subduction vs Abduction - What's the difference?

subduction | abduction |

As nouns the difference between subduction and abduction

is that subduction is the action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object while abduction is leading away; a carrying away.

subduction

English

(wikipedia subduction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
    • (geology) The process in which one tectonic plate moves beneath another and sinks into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  • The act of subducting or taking away.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • Arithmetical subtraction.

    • Derived terms

    * subduction zone

    See also

    * obduction

    abduction

    English

    (wikipedia abduction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Leading away; a carrying away.
  • (physiology) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. (rfex)
  • (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
  • * 2005 , Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction , page 256:
    • The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction , and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning.
  • The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
    • the abduction of a child

    Usage notes

    * In Gregg shorthand (version: ) the word is represented: a - b - d - u - k - sh

    Synonyms

    * (sense) kidnapping * (logic) retroduction * (determining most plausible explanation) retroduction

    Antonyms

    * (physiology) adduction

    Derived terms

    * alien abduction

    Related terms

    * abduce

    References

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