examination vs postmortem examination

postmortem examination vs examination

examination and postmortem examination both are nouns.

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

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

examination: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
postmortem 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, post-mortem examination, postmortem, 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)	postmortem 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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