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dig up vs excavate

excavate vs dig up

dig up and excavate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dig up No No Yes No
excavate No No Yes No
As verbs, dig up and excavate are synonyms defined as:
  • dig up and excavate: find by digging in the ground
Other synonyms of dig up include turn up.
As verbs, excavate is a hypernym of dig up; that is, excavate is a word with a broader meaning than dig up:
  • dig up: remove, harvest, or recover by digging
  • excavate: recover through digging
Other hypernyms of dig up include unearth.
dig up (verb) excavate (verb)
find by digging in the ground find by digging in the ground
remove, harvest, or recover by digging remove the inner part or the core of
form by hollowing
recover through digging
Difference between dig up and excavate

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