different between abandoned vs aborted

English

Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/

Adjective

abandoned (comparative more abandoned, superlative most abandoned)

1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
3. Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century]
4. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

• abandonedness

Translations

Verb

abandoned

1. simple past tense and past participle of abandon

References

English

Etymology

From abort +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b?rt?d/

Adjective

aborted (not comparable)

1. Brought forth prematurely.
2. Checked in normal development at an early stage.

3. (biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
   • 1855, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals

     The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state.

Translations

Verb

aborted

1. simple past tense and past participle of abort

Anagrams

• Bretado, borated, tabored, to-bread