abort vs start

abort

verb
  • To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. 

  • To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. 

  • To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. 

  • To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. 

  • To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. 

  • To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. 

  • To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. 

  • To terminate a process prior to completion. 

  • To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. 

noun
  • The function used to abort a process. 

  • An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. 

  • An event in which a process is aborted. 

start

verb
  • To begin. 

  • To flinch or draw back. 

  • To awaken suddenly. 

  • To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion). 

  • To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly. 

  • To break away, to come loose. 

  • To put into play. 

  • To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate. 

  • To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from. 

  • To set in motion. 

  • To have its origin (at), begin. 

  • To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent. 

  • To jerk suddenly in surprise. 

  • To start one's periods (menstruation). 

  • To begin an activity. 

  • To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine. 

noun
  • The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc. 

  • An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event. 

  • The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket. 

  • The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. 

  • An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start. 

  • A handle, especially that of a plough. 

  • A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later. 

  • A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out. 

  • The beginning of an activity. 

  • An instance of starting. 

  • A sudden involuntary movement. 

How often have the words abort and start occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )