mineral dressing vs mineral extraction

mineral dressing and mineral extraction both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

mineral dressing (noun)	mineral extraction (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