different between abduct vs abscond

English

Etymology

From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”).

• (physiology): Back-formation from abduction.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?kt/, /æb?d?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

abduct (third-person singular simple present abducts, present participle abducting, simple past and past participle abducted)

1. (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17^th century.]

2. (transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body. [Early 17^th century.]

Synonyms

• carry off
• drag away
• kidnap
• run away with
• seize
• spirit away
• stretch
• take away

Antonyms

• adduct
• reinstate
• restore

Derived terms

• abductee
• abductive

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English

Etymology

Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscond? (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + cond? (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”).

• Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?sk?nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?sk?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Hyphenation: ab?scond

Verb

abscond (third-person singular simple present absconds, present participle absconding, simple past and past participle absconded)

1. (intransitive, reflexive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution. [From mid 16th century.]

   Synonyms: flee, run away, steal away
2. (intransitive) To withdraw from. [From mid 16th century.]
3. (transitive) To evade, to hide or flee from.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To conceal; to take away. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]

   Synonym: conceal
5. (archaic, intransitive, reflexive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.

Related terms

• sconce

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French

Verb

abscond

1. third-person singular present indicative of abscondre

   il abscond — he hides