digging up vs exhumation

digging up and exhumation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
digging up	Yes	No	No	No
exhumation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, digging up and exhumation are synonyms defined as:

digging up and exhumation: the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried

Other synonyms of digging up include disinterment.

digging up (noun)	exhumation (noun)
the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried	the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried