conversion vs afforestation

afforestation vs conversion

conversion and afforestation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conversion	Yes	No	No	No
afforestation	Yes	No	No	No

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

conversion: the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
afforestation: the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)

Other hyponyms of conversion include dressing, transmutation, transubstantiation.

conversion (noun)	afforestation (noun)
the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another	the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)
a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
a change in the units or form of an expression:
interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
an event that results in a transformation
a change of religion
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

Difference between conversion and afforestation

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