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minor surgery vs operation

operation vs minor surgery

minor surgery and operation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
minor surgery Yes No No No
operation Yes No No No
As nouns, operation is a hypernym of minor surgery; that is, operation is a word with a broader meaning than minor surgery:
  • minor surgery: any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance
  • operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Other hypernyms of minor surgery include surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.
minor surgery (noun) operation (noun)
any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
a business especially one run on a large scale
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
process or manner of functioning or operating
the state of being in effect or being operative
Difference between minor surgery and operation

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