excavation vs well

well vs excavation

excavation and well both are nouns.

excavation is not an adjective while well is an adjective.

excavation is not a verb while well is a verb.

excavation is not an adverb while well is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excavation	Yes	No	No	No
well	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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

excavation: a hole in the ground made by excavating
well: a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

Other hyponyms of excavation include bore-hole, bore, drill hole, delf, diggings, digs, ditch, mine, mineshaft, pit, quarry, stone pit, pool, cellar, root cellar, working, workings.

excavation (noun)	well (noun)
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth	a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
the act of digging	an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
a hole in the ground made by excavating	an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
the site of an archeological exploration	a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
	an abundant source

excavation (adjective)	well (adjective)
	in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
	wise or advantageous and hence advisable
	resulting favorably

excavation (verb)	well (verb)
	come up, as of a liquid

excavation (adverb)	well (adverb)
	(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
	without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
	indicating high probability; in all likelihood
	thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
	favorably; with approval
	to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
	in financial comfort
	in a manner affording benefit or advantage
	to a great extent or degree
	with skill or in a pleasing manner
	with prudence or propriety
	with great or especially intimate knowledge
	(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully

Difference between excavation and well

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