The difference between Abortion and Termination

When used as nouns, abortion means the expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus, whereas termination means the process of terminating or the state of being terminated.

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  1. Abortion as a noun (medicine):

    The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.

  2. Abortion as a noun (now, rare):

    An aborted foetus; an abortus.

  3. Abortion as a noun (figuratively):

    A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.

  4. Abortion as a noun (figuratively):

    Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.

  5. Abortion as a noun (biology):

    Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.

  6. Abortion as a noun:

    The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.

  1. Termination as a noun:

    The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.

  2. Termination as a noun:

    The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.

  3. Termination as a noun:

    An end in time; a conclusion.

  4. Termination as a noun:

    An end in space; an edge or limit.

  5. Termination as a noun:

    An outcome or result.

  6. Termination as a noun:

    The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix.

  7. Termination as a noun (medical):

    An induced abortion.

  8. Termination as a noun (obsolete, rare):

    A word, a term.

  9. Termination as a noun:

    The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

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