The difference between Abate and Ebb

When used as nouns, abate means abatement, whereas ebb means the receding movement of the tide.

When used as verbs, abate means to put an end to, whereas ebb means to flow back or recede.

Ebb is also adjective with the meaning: low, shallow.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abate and Ebb

  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. Ebb as a noun:

    The receding movement of the tide.

    Examples:

    "The boats will go out on the ebb."

  2. Ebb as a noun:

    A gradual decline.

  3. Ebb as a noun:

    A low state; a state of depression.

  4. Ebb as a noun:

    A European bunting, the corn bunting (, syn. , ).

  1. Ebb as a verb (intransitive):

    to flow back or recede

    Examples:

    "The tides ebbed at noon''."

  2. Ebb as a verb (intransitive):

    to fall away or decline

    Examples:

    "The dying man's strength ebbed away''."

  3. Ebb as a verb (intransitive):

    to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

  4. Ebb as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to flow back.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ford"

  1. Ebb as an adjective:

    low, shallow

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