abdicate vs vacate

abdicate and vacate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abdicate	No	No	Yes	No
vacate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, vacate is a hypernym of abdicate; that is, vacate is a word with a broader meaning than abdicate:

abdicate: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
vacate: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

Other hypernyms of abdicate include give up, renounce, resign.

abdicate (verb)	vacate (verb)
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations	cancel officially
	leave behind empty; move out of
	leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily