incursion vs infiltration

incursion and infiltration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
incursion	Yes	No	No	No
infiltration	Yes	No	No	No

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

incursion: an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
infiltration: a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)

Other hyponyms of incursion include interpenetration, breakthrough, invasion, foray, maraud, raid.

incursion (noun)	infiltration (noun)
an attack that penetrates into enemy territory	a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)	the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
the mistake of incurring liability or blame

incursion vs infiltration

incursion and infiltration both are nouns.

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