The difference between Abate and Wane

When used as nouns, abate means abatement, whereas wane means a gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

When used as verbs, abate means to put an end to, whereas wane means to progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.

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  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. Wane as a noun:

    A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

  2. Wane as a noun:

    The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.

  3. Wane as a noun (literary):

    The end of a period.

    Examples:

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  4. Wane as a noun (woodworking):

    A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.

  1. Wane as a verb (intransitive):

    To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.

  2. Wane as a verb (intransitive):

    Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.

  3. Wane as a verb (intransitive, astronomy):

    Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.

  4. Wane as a verb (intransitive):

    Said of a time period that comes to an end.

  5. Wane as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.

  6. Wane as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To cause to decrease.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ben Jonson"

  1. Wane as a noun (Scotland, slang):

    A child.

  1. Wane as a noun (chiefly, Northern England, and, Scotland, obsolete):

    A house or dwelling.

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