excrescence vs prominence

excrescence and prominence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excrescence	Yes	No	No	No
prominence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, excrescence and prominence are synonyms defined as:

excrescence and prominence: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Other synonyms of excrescence include bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling.

excrescence (noun)	prominence (noun)
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body	relative importance or fame
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings	something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
	the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent