assimilation vs Westernisation

Westernisation vs assimilation

assimilation and Westernisation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assimilation	Yes	No	No	No
Westernisation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Westernisation is a hyponym of assimilation; that is, Westernisation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than assimilation:

assimilation: the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Westernisation: assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization

Other hyponyms of assimilation include Americanisation, Americanization, Anglicisation, Anglicization, Europeanisation, Europeanization, Westernization.

assimilation (noun)	Westernisation (noun)
in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance	assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family

Difference between assimilation and Westernisation

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