The difference between Abate and Suppress

When used as verbs, abate means to put an end to, whereas suppress means to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with.

Abate is also noun with the meaning: abatement.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abate and Suppress

  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. Suppress as a verb:

    To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.

    Examples:

    "Political dissent was brutally suppressed."

  2. Suppress as a verb:

    To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.

    Examples:

    "I struggled to suppress my smile."

  3. Suppress as a verb (psychiatry):

    To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.

    Examples:

    "He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse."

  4. Suppress as a verb:

    To prevent publication.

    Examples:

    "The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy."

  5. Suppress as a verb:

    To stop a flow or stream.

    Examples:

    "The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole."

    "Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough."

  6. Suppress as a verb (US, legal):

    To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.

  7. Suppress as a verb (electronics):

    To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.

  8. Suppress as a verb (obsolete):

    To hold in place, to keep low.

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