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operation vs minor surgery

minor surgery vs operation

operation and minor surgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
operation Yes No No No
minor surgery Yes No No No
As nouns, minor surgery is a hyponym of operation; that is, minor surgery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than operation:
  • operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
  • minor surgery: any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance
operation (noun) minor surgery (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance
(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 operation and minor surgery

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