abort vs choke

abort and choke both are nouns.

abort and choke both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abort	Yes	No	Yes	No
choke	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, choke is a hypernym of abort; that is, choke is a word with a broader meaning than abort:

abort: cease development, die, and be aborted
choke: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Other hypernyms of abort include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.

abort (noun)	choke (noun)
the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed	a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
	a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

abort (verb)	choke (verb)
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion	breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
cease development, die, and be aborted	cause to retch or choke
terminate before completion	struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
	constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
	reduce the air supply
	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
	suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
	become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
	be too tight; rub or press
	become or cause to become obstructed
	wring the neck of
	impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
	check or slow down the action or effect of
	fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation

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