mineral dressing vs beneficiation

mineral dressing and beneficiation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mineral dressing	Yes	No	No	No
beneficiation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mineral dressing and beneficiation are synonyms defined as:

mineral dressing and beneficiation: crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques

Other synonyms of mineral dressing include mineral extraction, mineral processing, ore dressing, ore processing.

mineral dressing (noun)	beneficiation (noun)
crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques	crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques