examination vs post-mortem examination

post-mortem examination vs examination

examination and post-mortem examination both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
examination	Yes	No	No	No
post-mortem examination	Yes	No	No	No

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

examination: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
post-mortem examination: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

Other hyponyms of examination include audit, autopsy, necropsy, PM, post-mortem, postmortem, postmortem examination, checkup, health check, medical, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination, comparing, comparison, fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb, follow-up, followup, 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)	post-mortem examination (noun)
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)	an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
formal systematic questioning

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