excavation vs opencast mining

excavation and opencast mining both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excavation	Yes	No	No	No
opencast mining	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, opencast mining is a hyponym of excavation; that is, opencast mining is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than excavation:

excavation: the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
opencast mining: the mining of ore or coal from an open mine

Other hyponyms of excavation include placer mining, strip mining, fracking, salt-working, salt working.

excavation (noun)	opencast mining (noun)
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth	the mining of ore or coal from an open mine
the act of digging
a hole in the ground made by excavating
the site of an archeological exploration

excavation vs opencast mining

excavation and opencast mining both are nouns.

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