different between expunge vs abolish

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expungere, present active infinitive of expungo, from ex + pungo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks.?p?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Verb

expunge (third-person singular simple present expunges, present participle expunging, simple past and past participle expunged)

1. (transitive) To erase or strike out.
2. (transitive) To eliminate completely; annihilate.
3. (transitive, computing) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.

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Latin

Verb

expunge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of expung?

English

Etymology

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French abolir, aboliss- (extended stem), from Latin abol?re (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), inchoative abol?scere (“to wither, vanish, (Classical) cease”), probably from ab (“from, away from”) + *ol?re (“to increase, grow”) which is found only in compound.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ?-b?l'?sh IPA^(key): /??b?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?l.??/, /??b?l.??/

Verb

abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished or (obsolete) abolisht)

1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke

Antonyms

• (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): establish, found

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