The difference between Abate and Remove

When used as nouns, abate means abatement, whereas remove means the act of removing something.

When used as verbs, abate means to put an end to, whereas remove means to move something from one place to another, especially to take away. to replace a dish within a course.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abate and Remove

  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. Remove as a verb (transitive):

    To move something from one place to another, especially to take away. To replace a dish within a course.

    Examples:

    "He removed the marbles from the bag."

  2. Remove as a verb (transitive):

    To murder.

  3. Remove as a verb (cricket, transitive):

    To dismiss a batsman.

  4. Remove as a verb (transitive):

    To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).

  5. Remove as a verb (intransitive, now, rare):

    To depart, leave.

  6. Remove as a verb (intransitive):

    To change one's residence; to move.

  7. Remove as a verb:

    To dismiss or discharge from office.

    Examples:

    "The President removed many postmasters."

  1. Remove as a noun:

    The act of removing something.

  2. Remove as a noun:

    Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.

  3. Remove as a noun (British):

    A division of the school, especially the form prior to last

  4. Remove as a noun:

    A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")

  5. Remove as a noun:

    Distance in time or space; interval.

  6. Remove as a noun (dated):

    The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.

  7. Remove as a noun:

    The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Jonathan Swift"

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