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As nouns the difference between abortion and murder

is that abortion is the cessation of pregnancy or fetal development while murder is an act of deliberate killing of another being, especially a human.

As a verb murder is

to deliberately kill (a person or persons).

abortion

English

(wikipedia abortion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine, or, dated) The cessation of pregnancy or fetal development:
  • # (medicine, or, dated) a miscarriage.
  • # (still current) an induced abortion.
  • # The act of inducing the cessation of pregnancy.
  • (dated) The immature product of an untimely birth.
  • A monstrosity; a misshapen person.
  • (figuratively) Failure of a promise or a goal.
  • (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
  • Any fruit or produce which is interrupted in its progress before it is matured or perfect; an idea, project, or anything that does not come to maturity.
  • * {{quote-book, date = 1800-09-23
    • , title = Letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush , first = Thomas , last = Jefferson , authorlink = Thomas Jefferson , url = http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mtj:@field(DOCID+@lit(tj090069)) , passage = The returning good sense of our country threatens abortion to their hopes, & they believe that any portion of power confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. }}
  • (chiefly, arts) Something ugly, an artistic atrocity.
  • * 1846 , , Pictures from Italy , [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=text&offset=269656481&textreg=2&query=abortion&id=DicPict Chapter 10].
    • Insomuch that I do honestly believe, there can be no place in the world, where such intolerable abortions , begotten of the sculptor’s chisel, are to be found in such profusion, as in Rome.
  • The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
  • An unpleasant or poorly executed idea or project.
  • * 1999', "foo...@my-deja.com", ''Menace is AN '''ABORTION OF A MOVIE'' (on newsgroup ''alt.fan.starwars )
  • * 2000 , "Jules", please dont buy beacon cd'' (on newsgroup ''alt.fan.allman-brothers )
    • Dickey on his own manages to turn a simple bo diddley 1-2-3-4 into an absolute abortion of a song.
  • * 2003 , David Kerekes, Headpress 24: Powered by Love (page 133)
    • an absolute abortion of a book

    Synonyms

    * *

    Derived terms

    * abortionist * abortion clinic * abortion doctor * abortion drug * abortion method * abortion on demand * abortion on request * abortion pill * abortion provider * abortion rights, abortion-rights * anti-abortion, antiabortion * anti-abortionism, anti-abortionism * anti-abortionist, antiabortionist * back alley abortion, back-alley abortion * back-street abortion, backstreet abortion * backyard abortion, back-yard abortion * contagious abortion * early abortion * elective abortion * habitual abortion * hysterotomy abortion * incomplete abortion * induced abortion * infectious abortion * late-term abortion * medical abortion * partial-birth abortion, partial birth abortion * post-abortion, postabortion * pre-abortion, preabortion * pro-abortion, proabortion * pro-abortionism, proabortionism * pro-abortionist, proabortionist * sex-selective abortion * spontaneous abortion * surgical abortion * therapeutic abortion * threatened abortion * unsafe abortion * vacuum aspiration abortion

    See also

    * filicide, infanticide, neonaticide, prolicide

    External links

    * (wikipedia "abortion")

    Anagrams

    *

    murder

    English

    (wikipedia murder)

    Noun

  • (label) An act of deliberate killing of another being, especially a human.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
    • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=The case was that of a murder . It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}
  • * 1984 , Humphrey Carpenter, Mari Prichard, The Oxford companion to children's literature , page 275:
    • It may be guessed, indeed, that this was the original form of the story, the fairy being the addition of those who considered Jack's thefts from (and murder of) the giant to be scarcely justified without her.
  • * 2003 , Paul Ruditis, Star Trek Voyager: Companion (ISBN 0743417518), page 131:
    • Captain Sulu, who served under the legendary James T. Kirk for many years, disobeys Starfleet orders in order to try and help Kirk and another old shipmate, Dr. McCoy, who have been imprisoned for the murder of the Klingon chancellor.
  • * 2011 , Carlene Brennen, Hemingway's Cats (ISBN 1561644897), page 161:
    • Dr. Herrera also knew Hemingway had held Batista's army personally responsible for the brutal murders of his dogs, Blackie (Black Dog) and Machakos.
  • (label) The crime of deliberate killing of another human.
  • * {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, author=Ed Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian
    • , title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , passage=Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
  • The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.
  • Something terrible to endure.
  • (label) A group of crows;
  • *
  • * {{quote-book, 2001, (Daniel Handler), The Vile Village, isbn=0064408655, page=76
    • , passage=Without the murder of crows roosting in its branches, Nevermore Tree looked as bare as a skeleton.}}

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "murder": atrocious, attempted, brutal, cold-blooded, double, heinous, horrible, premeditated, triple, terrible, unsolved.

    Synonyms

    * (act of deliberate killing) homicide, manslaughter, assassination * (group of crows) flock

    Derived terms

    * attempted murder * cry blue murder * first-degree murder * get away with murder * mass murder * murderer * murderess * murder in the first degree * murder in the second degree * murderize * murder one * murderous * murdersome * murder weapon * murder will out * second-degree murder * wink murder

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deliberately kill (a person or persons).
    • The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.
  • (transitive, sports, figuratively, colloquial) To defeat decisively.
    • Our team is going to murder them.
  • To botch or mangle
  • * {{quote-book, 1892, William Shepard Walsh, Handy-book of Literary Curiosities citation
    • , passage=Dr. Caius, the Frenchman in the play, and Evans the Welshman, "Gallia et Guallia," succeed pretty well in their efforts to murder the language.}}
  • (figuratively, colloquial) To kick someone's ass]] or [[chew out, chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
    • He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!
  • (figuratively, colloquial, British) to devour, ravish.
    • I could murder a hamburger right now.

    Synonyms

    * (deliberately kill) assassinate, kill, massacre, slaughter * (defeat decisively) thrash, trounce, wipe the floor with * kill

    Anagrams

    * (l) English collective nouns