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projection vs expectoration

expectoration vs projection

projection and expectoration both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
projection Yes No No No
expectoration Yes No No No
As nouns, expectoration is a hyponym of projection; that is, expectoration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than projection:
  • projection: the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
  • expectoration: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
Other hyponyms of projection include belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation, belching, coughing up, spit, spitting, disgorgement, emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting.
projection (noun) expectoration (noun)
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
the act of projecting out from something the process of coughing up and spitting out
any structure that branches out from a central support
the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
a planned undertaking
a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
any solid convex shape that juts out from something
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