The difference between Abolish and Cancel
When used as verbs, abolish means to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice, whereas cancel means to cross out something with lines etc.
Cancel is also noun with the meaning: a control message posted to usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
check bellow for the other definitions of Abolish and Cancel
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Abolish as a verb:
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
Examples:
"Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century."
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Abolish as a verb (archaic):
To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
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Cancel as a verb (transitive):
To cross out something with lines etc.
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Cancel as a verb (transitive):
To invalidate or annul something.
Examples:
"He cancelled his order on their website."
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Cancel as a verb (transitive):
To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
Examples:
"This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code."
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Cancel as a verb (transitive):
To offset or equalize something.
Examples:
"The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise."
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Cancel as a verb (transitive, mathematics):
To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
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Cancel as a verb (transitive, media):
To stop production of a programme.
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Cancel as a verb (printing, dated):
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
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Cancel as a verb (obsolete):
To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
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Cancel as a verb (slang):
To kill.
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Cancel as a noun (Internet):
A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English). A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
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Cancel as a noun (obsolete):
An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
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Cancel as a noun (printing):
The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
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Cancel as a noun (printing):
The page thus suppressed.
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Cancel as a noun (printing):
The page that replaces it.