give-up the ghost vs abort

give-up the ghost is not a noun while abort is a noun.

give-up the ghost and abort both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
give-up the ghost	No	No	Yes	No
abort	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, abort is a hyponym of give-up the ghost; that is, abort is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than give-up the ghost:

give-up the ghost: 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 give-up the ghost include asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, famish, starve, fall, succumb, yield.

give-up the ghost (noun)	abort (noun)
	the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed

give-up the ghost (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

give-up the ghost vs abort

give-up the ghost is not a noun while abort is a noun.

give-up the ghost and abort both are verbs.

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