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defenestration vs expulsion

expulsion vs defenestration

defenestration and expulsion both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
defenestration Yes No No No
expulsion Yes No No No
As nouns, expulsion is a hypernym of defenestration; that is, expulsion is a word with a broader meaning than defenestration:
  • defenestration: the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
  • expulsion: the act of forcing out someone or something
Other hypernyms of defenestration include ejection, exclusion, riddance.
defenestration (noun) expulsion (noun)
the act of throwing someone or something out of a window the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
the act of forcing out someone or something
squeezing out by applying pressure
Difference between defenestration and expulsion

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