elide vs leave off

elide and leave off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elide	No	No	Yes	No
leave off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, leave off is a hypernym of elide; that is, leave off is a word with a broader meaning than elide:

Other hypernyms of elide include except, exclude, leave out, omit, take out.

elide (verb)	leave off (verb)
leave or strike out	cease to use
	prevent from being included or considered or accepted
	come to an end, stop or cease