mission vs operation

operation vs mission

mission and operation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mission	Yes	No	No	No
operation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, operation is a hypernym of mission; that is, operation is a word with a broader meaning than mission:

mission: an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
operation: activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)

Other hypernyms of mission include military operation.

mission (noun)	operation (noun)
a special assignment that is given to a person or group	a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters	(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
the organized work of a religious missionary	activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
a group of representatives or delegates	a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work	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

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