Difference between Steep and Abrupt

STEEP vs ABRUPT: NOUN

The state of being steeped.
A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped.
A precipitous slope.
The act or process of steeping.
A steep place (as on a hill)
The process of steeping; the state of being steeped, soaked, or permeated: used chiefly in the phrase in steep.
That in which anything is steeped; specifically, a fertilizing liquid in which seeds are soaked to quicken germination.
Rennet: so called from being steeped before it is used.
Same as brasque.
Plural The solutions or baths in which metals are dipped preparatory to electro-plating.
Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
A rennet bag.
A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
A steep or precipitous place; an abrupt ascent or descent; a precipice.
B escarpment
A liquid used in a steeping process

Ambitious; difficult.
Excessive; stiff.
At a rapid or precipitous rate.
Having a sharp inclination; precipitous.
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous.
Of a slope; set at a high angle
Expensive
Difficult of access; not easily reached; lofty; elevated; high.
Excessive.
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
Having a sharp inclination

Steeply inclined. : steep.
Touching on one subject after another with sudden transitions.
Surprisingly curt; brusque.
Unexpectedly sudden.
Extremely steep
Exceedingly sudden and unexpected
Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
Terminating suddenly rather than gradually; truncate.
Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep.
Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item
Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
Engross (oneself) fully
To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water.
Devote (oneself) fully to
To be imbued with an abstract quality

To undergo a soaking in liquid.
To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid.
To make thoroughly wet; saturate.
To infuse or subject thoroughly to.
To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.

To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking. Often used figuratively.

Of a slope
Set at a high angle
To be bathed in a liquid; soak.
To imbue or impregnate as with a specified influence; cause to become permeated or pervaded (with): followed by in.
To bathe with a liquid; wet; moisten.
To soak in a liquid; macerate: as, to steep barley; to steep herbs.
To tilt (a barrel).
Bright; glittering; fiery.
Excessive; difficult; forbidding: as, a steep undertaking; a steep price.
Elevated; high; lofty.
Having an almost perpendicular slope; precipitous; sheer.

To break off; interrupt; disturb.
Broken or appearing as if broken away or off; marked by or showing a sudden breach or change of continuity; wanting continuation or completion: as, the path or the discourse came to an abrupt termination; an abrupt turn in a road. Hence Steep; precipitous: as, an abrupt cliff; an abrupt descent.
Figuratively, sudden; without notice to prepare the mind for the event; unceremonious: as, an abrupt entrance or address.
Lacking in continuity; having sudden transitions from one subject to another: as, an abrupt style.
In botany, terminating suddenly: as, an abrupt point: sometimes used in the sense of truncate: as, an abrupt leaf.
Dangerously steep

Sheer, Perpendicular, Bold, Unconscionable, Outrageous, Absorb, Extortionate, Bluff, High, Abrupt, Exorbitant, Heavy, Plunge, Sharp, Precipitous

Rapid, Surprise, Brusque, Surprising, Untimely, Drastic, Dramatic, Unexpected, Disconnected, Discourteous, Staccato, Steep, Sharp, Precipitous, Sudden

Immoderate, Sheer, Perpendicular, Bold, Unconscionable, Outrageous, Extortionate, Bluff, High, Abrupt, Exorbitant, Heavy, Plunge, Sharp, Precipitous

Rapid, Surprise, Brusque, Surprising, Untimely, Drastic, Dramatic, Unexpected, Disconnected, Discourteous, Staccato, Steep, Sharp, Precipitous, Sudden

It is licensed, with a steep licensing cost.
The number of future for steep, inaccessible lands.
No steep slopes are located on the site.
Avoid stopping and starting on steep hills initially.
Steep downgrade in the road ahead, slow down.
The trail also includes several very steep climbs.
Turning or driving across steep hills can bedangerous.
Steep increase in mass and the unchanged radii lead to a steep increase in atomic and ionic radii of last!
While there are special tools to help you steep tea, you can also keep it simple and still steep like an expert.
The land ranges from nearly level to steep, but most areas are gently sloping to moderately steep.

Avoid abrupt control movements when blades are turning.
Readers may also think the writing is abrupt.
Future abrupt reductions in thesummer Arctic sea ice.
And maybe an abrupt end to the game.
Abrupt cessation can cause vomiting, tremors, and convulsions.
Avoiding abrupt changes in rest cycles for employees.
The ending is abrupt with a weird flow.
The northwestern slope is more abrupt in its northern than in its southern portion, and is generally more abrupt than the southeastern slope.
She was abrupt with the gatekeeper, so the gatekeeper was abrupt in return.
Spontaneous accels are an abrupt transient increase in the FHR with an abrupt return to the baseline.