decease vs abort

decease and abort both are nouns.

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

As verbs, abort is a hyponym of decease; that is, abort is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decease:

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

Other hyponyms of decease include asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, famish, starve, fall, succumb, yield.

decease (noun)	abort (noun)
the event of dying or departure from life	the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed

decease (verb)	abort (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life	terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
	cease development, die, and be aborted
	terminate before completion