excellence vs civilisation

civilisation vs excellence

excellence and civilisation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excellence	Yes	No	No	No
civilisation	Yes	No	No	No

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

excellence: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
civilisation: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

Other hyponyms of excellence include admirability, admirableness, wonderfulness, grandness, impressiveness, magnificence, richness, civilization, refinement, first-rateness, incomparability, matchlessness, peerlessness.

excellence (noun)	civilisation (noun)
the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree	the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels	a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
	a particular society at a particular time and place
	the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

Difference between excellence and civilisation

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