The difference between Abrogate and Veto

When used as verbs, abrogate means to annul by an authoritative act, whereas veto means to use a veto against.

Abrogate is also adjective with the meaning: abrogated.

Veto is also noun with the meaning: a political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abrogate and Veto

  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. Veto as a noun:

    A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

  2. Veto as a noun:

    An invocation of that right.

  3. Veto as a noun:

    An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

  1. Veto as a verb (transitive):

    To use a veto against.

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