The difference between Abate and Terminate

When used as verbs, abate means to put an end to, whereas terminate means to end, especially in an incomplete state.

Abate is also noun with the meaning: abatement.

Terminate is also adjective with the meaning: terminated.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abate and Terminate

  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. Terminate as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):

    To end, especially in an incomplete state.

    Examples:

    "to terminate a surface by a line"

    "to terminate an effort, or a controversy"

  2. Terminate as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):

    To set or be a limit or boundary to.

  3. Terminate as a verb (transitive, euphemistic):

    To kill.

  4. Terminate as a verb (transitive, euphemistic):

    To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.

  1. Terminate as an adjective:

    Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.

  2. Terminate as an adjective:

    Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.

    Examples:

    "Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth."

  3. Terminate as an adjective (mathematics):

    Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.

    Examples:

    "One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal."

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