determination vs selection

selection vs determination

determination and selection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
determination	Yes	No	No	No
selection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, selection is a hypernym of determination; that is, selection is a word with a broader meaning than determination:

determination: the act of making up your mind about something
selection: the act of choosing or selecting

Other hypernyms of determination include choice, option, pick.

determination (noun)	selection (noun)
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation	the act of choosing or selecting
the act of making up your mind about something	the person or thing chosen or selected
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose	a passage selected from a larger work
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration	an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature	a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

Difference between determination and selection

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