commencement vs foundation

foundation vs commencement

commencement and foundation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
commencement	Yes	No	No	No
foundation	Yes	No	No	No

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

commencement: the act of starting something
foundation: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Other hyponyms of commencement include jumping-off point, point of departure, springboard, activation, attack, tone-beginning, constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization, debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, launching, unveiling, face-off, first step, initiative, opening, opening move, groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, housing start, icebreaker, inauguration, startup, creation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination, installation, installing, installment, instalment, jump ball, kickoff, recommencement, resumption, scrum, scrummage, startup.

commencement (noun)	foundation (noun)
the act of starting something	the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred	lowest support of a structure
the time at which something is supposed to begin	a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
	the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
	education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
	an institution supported by an endowment
	the basis on which something is grounded

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