shake off vs abscise

shake off and abscise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shake off	No	No	Yes	No
abscise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, abscise is a hyponym of shake off; that is, abscise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shake off:

shake off: to remove
abscise: shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue

Other hyponyms of shake off include exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough, exfoliate, autotomise, autotomize.

shake off (verb)	abscise (verb)
to remove	remove or separate by abscission
get rid of	shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue