WordCmp.com

wear out vs ablate

ablate vs wear out

wear out and ablate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wear out No No Yes No
ablate No No Yes No
As verbs, ablate is a hyponym of wear out; that is, ablate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wear out:
  • wear out: deteriorate through use or stress
  • ablate: wear away through erosion or vaporization
Other hyponyms of wear out include scuff.
wear out (verb) ablate (verb)
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress wear away through erosion or vaporization
deteriorate through use or stress remove an organ or bodily structure
go to pieces
Difference between wear out and ablate

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.