absorption vs focal point

absorption and focal point both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
absorption	Yes	No	No	No
focal point	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, focal point is a hyponym of absorption; that is, focal point is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than absorption:

absorption: complete attention; intense mental effort
focal point: the concentration of attention or energy on something

Other hyponyms of absorption include centering, centring, direction, focus, focusing, focussing, specialism, study.

absorption (noun)	focal point (noun)
the mental state of being preoccupied by something	the concentration of attention or energy on something
complete attention; intense mental effort	a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid	a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

absorption vs focal point

absorption and focal point both are nouns.

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