The difference between Abate and Decline

When used as nouns, abate means abatement, whereas decline means downward movement, fall.

When used as verbs, abate means to put an end to, whereas decline means to move downwards, to fall, to drop.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abate and Decline

  1. Abate as a verb (transitive, obsolete, outside, law):

    To put an end to; to cause to cease.

    Examples:

    "to abate a nuisance"

  2. Abate as a verb (intransitive):

    To become null and void.

    Examples:

    "The writ has abated."

  3. Abate as a verb (transitive, legal):

    To nullify; make void.

    Examples:

    "to abate a writ"

  4. Abate as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.

  5. Abate as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.

  6. Abate as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To curtail; to deprive.

    Examples:

    "Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation."

  7. Abate as a verb (transitive):

    To reduce in amount, size, or value.

    Examples:

    "Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets."

  8. Abate as a verb (intransitive):

    To decrease in size, value, or amount.

  9. Abate as a verb (transitive):

    To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.

  10. Abate as a verb (intransitive):

    To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.

  11. Abate as a verb (transitive):

    To deduct or omit.

    Examples:

    "We will abate this price from the total."

  12. Abate as a verb (transitive):

    To bar or except.

  13. Abate as a verb (transitive):

    To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.

  14. Abate as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.

  15. Abate as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To destroy, or level to the ground.

  1. Abate as a noun:

    abatement.

  1. Abate as a verb (intransitive, law):

    to enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.

  1. Abate as a noun:

    an Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.

  1. Decline as a noun:

    Downward movement, fall.

  2. Decline as a noun:

    A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.

  3. Decline as a noun:

    A weakening.

  4. Decline as a noun:

    A reduction or diminution of activity.

  1. Decline as a verb (intransitive):

    To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

    Examples:

    "The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001."

  2. Decline as a verb (intransitive):

    To become weaker or worse.

    Examples:

    "My health declined in winter."

  3. Decline as a verb (transitive):

    To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.

  4. Decline as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to decrease or diminish.

  5. Decline as a verb:

    To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.

    Examples:

    "a line that declines from straightness"

    "conduct that declines from sound morals"

  6. Decline as a verb (transitive):

    To refuse, forbear.

    Examples:

    "On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer."

  7. Decline as a verb (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns):

    To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.

  8. Decline as a verb (by extension):

    To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  9. Decline as a verb (American football, Canadian football):

    To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.

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