examination vs followup

followup vs examination

examination and followup both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
examination	Yes	No	No	No
followup	Yes	No	No	No

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

examination: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
followup: a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

Other hyponyms of examination include audit, autopsy, necropsy, PM, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem, postmortem examination, checkup, health check, medical, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination, comparing, comparison, fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb, follow-up, reexamination, review, going-over, look-over, once-over, ophthalmoscopy, palpation, tactual exploration, endoscopy, gonioscopy, keratoscopy, rhinoscopy, scan, search, study, survey, testing, motion study, time-and-motion study, time-motion study, time and motion study, time study, work study, inspection, review, bank examination.

examination (noun)	followup (noun)
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)	a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned	an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)	a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
formal systematic questioning

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