projection vs protrusion

projection and protrusion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
projection	Yes	No	No	No
protrusion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, projection and protrusion are synonyms defined as:

projection and protrusion: the act of projecting out from something

Other synonyms of projection include jut, jutting.

As nouns, protrusion is a hyponym of projection; that is, protrusion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than projection:

projection: any solid convex shape that juts out from something
protrusion: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Other hyponyms of projection include salient, jag, bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protuberance, swelling, acantha, spine, spur, tail, tail end, knife, tongue, keel.

projection (noun)	protrusion (noun)
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting	the act of projecting out from something
the act of projecting out from something	something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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

projection vs protrusion

projection and protrusion both are nouns.

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