The difference between Abrogate and Cancel

When used as verbs, abrogate means to annul by an authoritative act, whereas cancel means to cross out something with lines etc.

Abrogate is also adjective with the meaning: abrogated.

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 Abrogate and Cancel

  1. Abrogate as a verb (transitive):

    To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.

  2. Abrogate as a verb (transitive):

    To put an end to; to do away with.

  3. Abrogate as a verb (molecular biology, transitive):

    To block a process or function.

  1. Abrogate as an adjective (archaic):

    Abrogated; abolished.

  1. Cancel as a verb (transitive):

    To cross out something with lines etc.

  2. Cancel as a verb (transitive):

    To invalidate or annul something.

    Examples:

    "He cancelled his order on their website."

  3. 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."

  4. Cancel as a verb (transitive):

    To offset or equalize something.

    Examples:

    "The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise."

  5. 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.

  6. Cancel as a verb (transitive, media):

    To stop production of a programme.

  7. Cancel as a verb (printing, dated):

    To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.

  8. Cancel as a verb (obsolete):

    To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.

  9. Cancel as a verb (slang):

    To kill.

  1. 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.

  2. Cancel as a noun (obsolete):

    An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.

  3. Cancel as a noun (printing):

    The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.

  4. Cancel as a noun (printing):

    The page thus suppressed.

  5. Cancel as a noun (printing):

    The page that replaces it.

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