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inoculating vs variolation

variolation vs inoculating

inoculating and variolation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
inoculating Yes No No No
variolation Yes No No No
As nouns, variolation is a hyponym of inoculating; that is, variolation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than inoculating:
  • inoculating: the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
  • variolation: the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
Other hyponyms of inoculating include ring vaccination, variolization.
inoculating (noun) variolation (noun)
the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
Difference between inoculating and variolation

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