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grub up vs excavate

excavate vs grub up

grub up and excavate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grub up No No Yes No
excavate No No Yes No
As verbs, excavate is a hypernym of grub up; that is, excavate is a word with a broader meaning than grub up:
  • grub up: dig up
  • excavate: find by digging in the ground
Other hypernyms of grub up include dig up, turn up.
grub up (verb) excavate (verb)
dig up find by digging in the ground
remove the inner part or the core of
form by hollowing
recover through digging
Difference between grub up and excavate

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