leave off vs eliminate

leave off and eliminate both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of leave off include do away with, extinguish, get rid of.

leave off (verb)	eliminate (verb)
cease to use	eliminate from the body
prevent from being included or considered or accepted	kill in large numbers
come to an end, stop or cease	terminate, end, or take out
	remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
	dismiss from consideration or a contest
	remove from a contest or race
	get rid of something