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12 Feb 2021
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What is the difference between kidnap and abduct ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between kidnap and abduct ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Ummmm, I’m going to safely say that they are both the same.
Kidnap in my experience is generally reserved for women and children. While abduct leans more to taking young men and adults.
But to use these words, they are almost 100% interchangeable in my opinion.
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They mean the same thing! The only difference is that abduct can also be used to say that aliens have taken someone.
Ex: She was kidnapped by a stalker.
He was abducted by the stranger.
She was abducted by aliens!
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- French (France) Near fluent
to kidnap = to take away a human by force
to abduct = to take away a human or animal or object by force
Note:
'To abduct' also has a medical meaning.
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