plastination vs hardening

plastination and hardening both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plastination	Yes	No	No	No
hardening	Yes	No	No	No

plastination (noun)	hardening (noun)
a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened	the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
	the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
	abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue