keratoplasty vs transplant

transplant vs keratoplasty

keratoplasty and transplant both are nouns.

keratoplasty is not a verb while transplant is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
keratoplasty	Yes	No	No	No
transplant	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, transplant is a hypernym of keratoplasty; that is, transplant is a word with a broader meaning than keratoplasty:

keratoplasty: a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor
transplant: an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

Other hypernyms of keratoplasty include anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, organ transplant, transplantation.

keratoplasty (noun)	transplant (noun)
a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor	the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
	an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
	(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

keratoplasty (verb)	transplant (verb)
	transfer from one place or period to another
	place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
	lift and reset in another soil or situation
	be transplantable

Difference between keratoplasty and transplant

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