liquidation vs elimination

liquidation and elimination both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
liquidation	Yes	No	No	No
elimination	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, liquidation and elimination are synonyms defined as:

liquidation (noun)	elimination (noun)
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities	the murder of a competitor
the act of exterminating	the act of removing or getting rid of something
the murder of a competitor	the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
	analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
	the bodily process of discharging waste matter