projection vs regurgitation

regurgitation vs projection

projection and regurgitation both are nouns.

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

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

projection: the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
regurgitation: the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Other hyponyms of projection include belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation, belching, coughing up, expectoration, spit, spitting, disgorgement, emesis, puking, vomit, vomiting.

projection (noun)	regurgitation (noun)
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting	the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the act of projecting out from something	recall after rote memorization
any structure that branches out from a central support	backflow of blood through a defective heart valve
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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