The difference between Abate and Temper

When used as nouns, abate means abatement, whereas temper means a tendency to be in a certain type of mood.

When used as verbs, abate means to put an end to, whereas temper means to moderate or control.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abate and Temper

  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. Temper as a noun:

    A tendency to be in a certain type of mood; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.

    Examples:

    "to have a good, bad, or calm temper'"

  2. Temper as a noun:

    State of mind; mood.

  3. Temper as a noun:

    A tendency to become angry.

    Examples:

    "to have a hasty temper'"

    "He has quite a temper when dealing with salespeople."

  4. Temper as a noun:

    Anger; a fit of anger.

    Examples:

    "an outburst of temper'"

  5. Temper as a noun:

    Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.

    Examples:

    "to keep one's temper; to lose one's temper; to recover one's temper"

  6. Temper as a noun (obsolete):

    Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.

  7. Temper as a noun:

    Middle state or course; mean; medium.

  8. Temper as a noun:

    The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.

    Examples:

    "the temper of mortar"

  9. Temper as a noun:

    The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.

  10. Temper as a noun:

    The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.

    Examples:

    "the temper of iron or steel"

  11. Temper as a noun (sugar manufacture, historical):

    Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.

  1. Temper as a verb:

    To moderate or control.

    Examples:

    "Temper your language around children."

  2. Temper as a verb:

    To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.

    Examples:

    "Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is performed by a controlled reheating of the work piece to a temperature below its lower eutectic critical temperature."

  3. Temper as a verb:

    To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.

  4. Temper as a verb:

    To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.

  5. Temper as a verb (music):

    To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.

  6. Temper as a verb (obsolete, [[Latinism]]):

    To govern; to manage.

  7. Temper as a verb (archaic):

    To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.

  8. Temper as a verb (archaic):

    To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.

  9. Temper as a verb (obsolete):

    To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.

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