Hi Anna99,
In this particular example “abandon” is more appropriate because it refers to the idea of giving up something important or significant (such as a career). It also implies previous responsibility for something (or someone) and has an emotional colouring whereas “leave” lacks this emotional colouring.
Daniela
That depends on the rest of the sentence. If you have a main verb in the sentence you could say: They wanted never to abandon/never to give up. On their own your two phrases could be considered as imperatives (orders) in which case you would say: never abandon/never give up. The third possibility is to make these two phrases subjects of a sentence as in: Never to abandon/give up is the characteristic of an optimistic person.
Hi,
kindly explain about Abandoned? He easily left his career.or He easily abandoned his career. What is the difference between Abandoned and left?
saikrishna
Although both verbs suggest ‘go away from’, ‘abandon’ also indicates that you leave someone or something without any further interest or support. We use it in expressions like ‘abandon hope’ suggesting ‘give up hope’ or ‘abandon your family and friends’, which means you go away from them and leave them without help or support and have nothing more to do with them. In your example with ‘career’ the suggestion is that you give up that career and have no more to do with it.
English Synonym, Elementary Level