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deletion vs apheresis

apheresis vs deletion

deletion and apheresis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deletion Yes No No No
apheresis Yes No No No
As nouns, apheresis is a hyponym of deletion; that is, apheresis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deletion:
  • deletion: any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
  • apheresis: (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
Other hyponyms of deletion include aphaeresis, aphesis, elision, eclipsis, ellipsis.
deletion (noun) apheresis (noun)
the act of deleting something written or printed a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
Difference between deletion and apheresis

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