vacate vs abdicate

vacate and abdicate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vacate	No	No	Yes	No
abdicate	No	No	Yes	No

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

vacate: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
abdicate: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

Other hyponyms of vacate include renounce.

vacate (verb)	abdicate (verb)
cancel officially	give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
leave behind empty; move out of
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily