procession vs collection

collection vs procession

procession and collection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
procession	Yes	No	No	No
collection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, collection is a hypernym of procession; that is, collection is a word with a broader meaning than procession:

procession: the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
collection: several things grouped together or considered as a whole

Other hypernyms of procession include group action, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage.

procession (noun)	collection (noun)
the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation	the act of gathering something together
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)	a publication containing a variety of works
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost	request for a sum of money
	several things grouped together or considered as a whole

Difference between procession and collection

Words related to "collection"

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