prominence vs excrescence

prominence and excrescence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prominence	Yes	No	No	No
excrescence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, prominence and excrescence are synonyms defined as:

prominence and excrescence: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Other synonyms of prominence include bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling.

prominence (noun)	excrescence (noun)
relative importance or fame	(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings	something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent