banishment vs excision

excision vs banishment

banishment and excision both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
banishment	Yes	No	No	No
excision	Yes	No	No	No

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

banishment: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
excision: the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society

Other hyponyms of banishment include anathematisation, anathematization, disbarment, ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance, deportation, exile, expatriation, transportation, excommunication, relegation, rustication.

banishment (noun)	excision (noun)
rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone	surgical removal of a body part or tissue
the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)	the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
	the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society
	the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

Difference between banishment and excision

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