exit vs abort

exit and abort both are nouns.

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

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

exit: 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 exit include asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, famish, starve, fall, succumb, yield.

exit (noun)	abort (noun)
the act of going out	the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
an opening that permits escape or release
euphemistic expressions for death

exit (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
lose the lead	cease development, die, and be aborted
move out of or depart from	terminate before completion