excavation vs ditch
ditch vs excavationexcavation and ditch both are nouns.
excavation is not a verb while ditch is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| excavation | Yes | No | No | No |
| ditch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
ditch is a hyponym of
excavation; that is, ditch is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
excavation:
- excavation: a hole in the ground made by excavating
- ditch: a long narrow excavation in the earth
| excavation (noun) | ditch (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth | a long narrow excavation in the earth |
| the act of digging | any small natural waterway |
| a hole in the ground made by excavating | |
| the site of an archeological exploration |
| excavation (verb) | ditch (verb) |
|---|---|
| crash or crash-land | |
| cut a trench in, as for drainage | |
| make an emergency landing on water | |
| forsake | |
| throw away | |
| sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly |
Words related to "excavation"
- Byblos
- archaeology
- archeological site
- archeology
- artefact
- artifact
- bore
- bore-hole
- cellar
- creating by removal
- delf
- dig
- digging
- diggings
- digs
- ditch
- drift
- drill hole
- drive
- excavate
- extract
- fathom
- fracking
- fthm
- gallery
- heading
- hush
- land site
- mine
- mineshaft
- mining
- opencast
- opencast mining
- opencut
- pit
- placer mining
- pool
- production
- quarry
- rag
- root cellar
- salt working
- salt-working
- site
- stone pit
- strip mine
- strip mining
- surface mine
- surface-mine
- wash
- well
- working
- workings
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