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excretion vs emission

emission vs excretion

excretion and emission both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
excretion Yes No No No
emission Yes No No No
As nouns, emission is a hypernym of excretion; that is, emission is a word with a broader meaning than excretion:
  • excretion: the bodily process of discharging waste matter
  • emission: any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
Other hypernyms of excretion include discharge, expelling.
excretion (noun) emission (noun)
the bodily process of discharging waste matter the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
the release of electrons from parent atoms
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
a substance that is emitted or released
Difference between excretion and emission

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