abort vs propagate

abort

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. 

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

  • To terminate a process prior to completion. 

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

propagate

verb
  • To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network. 

  • To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate. 

  • To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants. 

  • To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space. 

  • To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production. 

  • To generate; to produce. 

  • To take effect on all relevant devices in a network. 

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