cast off vs abscise

cast off and abscise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cast off	No	No	Yes	No
abscise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, abscise is a hyponym of cast off; that is, abscise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cast off:

cast off: to remove
abscise: shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue

Other hyponyms of cast off include exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough, exfoliate, autotomise, autotomize.

cast off (verb)	abscise (verb)
to remove	remove or separate by abscission
make the last row of stitches when knitting	shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue