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incontinency vs excretion

excretion vs incontinency

incontinency and excretion both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
incontinency Yes No No No
excretion Yes No No No
As nouns, excretion is a hypernym of incontinency; that is, excretion is a word with a broader meaning than incontinency:
  • incontinency: involuntary urination or defecation
  • excretion: the bodily process of discharging waste matter
Other hypernyms of incontinency include elimination, evacuation, excreting, voiding.
incontinency (noun) excretion (noun)
involuntary urination or defecation the bodily process of discharging waste matter
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Difference between incontinency and excretion

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