different between abduction vs seduction

English

Etymology

From Latin abducti? (“robbing; abduction”), from abd?c? (“take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + d?c? (“to lead”). Equivalent to abduct +? -ion.

• (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus.
• Compare French abduction.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?d?k.?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?k.?n?/, /æb?d?k.?n?/, /?b?d?k.?n?/
• (anatomy sense): (for emphasis and disambiguation from adduction) IPA^(key): /?e?.?bi?.d?k.?n?/

Noun

abduction (countable and uncountable, plural abductions)

1. Leading away; a carrying away. [Early 17^th century.]
2. (anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [Mid 17^th century.]
   • 2013, Jain, MD, MSPH; Wilcox, PT; Katz, MD, MS; Higgins, MD, "Clinical Examination of the Rotator Cuff", PM&R Journal, retrieved from PubMed Central on 21 Jan 2018.

     Abduction is performed by asking the patient to raise the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down.

3. (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [Late 17^th century.]
4. (law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [Mid 18^th century.]

Usage notes

• In Gregg shorthand (version: Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, Pre-Anniversary) the word is represented: a - b - d - u - k - sh

Synonyms

• (legal, carrying off of human being): appropriation; kidnapping; seizure; withdrawal
• (logic): retroduction; abstraction

Antonyms

• (physiology): adduction

replacement; restitution; restoration; surrender; reinstatement

Derived terms

• alien abduction

Related terms

• abduce
• abduct
• abductive

Translations

References

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abducti? (“robbing; abduction”), from abd?c? (“take or lead away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.dyk.sj??/

Noun

abduction f (plural abductions)

1. (physiology) Abductive movement; abduction.
2. (logic, computing) Abductive reasoning; abduction.

Further reading

• “abduction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin abducti? (“robbing; abduction”), from abd?c? (“take or lead away”).

Noun

abduction (plural abductiones)

1. abduction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin seductio, from s?d?c?.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??d?k.?n?/
• (US, General American) IPA^(key): /s??d?k.?n?/

Noun

seduction (countable and uncountable, plural seductions)

1. The act of seducing.

2. (dated, law, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.

Derived terms

• hypnoseduction
• seduction theory

Related terms

• seduce

Translations

Anagrams

• eductions, suctioned