emission vs excretion

excretion vs emission

emission and excretion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
emission	Yes	No	No	No
excretion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, excretion is a hyponym of emission; that is, excretion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than emission:

emission: any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
excretion: the bodily process of discharging waste matter

Other hyponyms of emission include ejaculation, elimination, evacuation, excreting, voiding, catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period.

emission (noun)	excretion (noun)
the act of emitting; causing to flow forth	the bodily process of discharging waste matter
the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)	waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
the release of electrons from parent atoms
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
a substance that is emitted or released

Difference between emission and excretion

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