selection vs election

election vs selection

selection and election both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
selection	Yes	No	No	No
election	Yes	No	No	No

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

selection: the act of choosing or selecting
election: the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice

Other hyponyms of selection include casting, coloration, colouration, sampling, conclusion, decision, determination, volition, willing, ballot, balloting, vote, voting, excerption.

selection (noun)	election (noun)
the act of choosing or selecting	the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
the person or thing chosen or selected	a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
a passage selected from a larger work	the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
an assortment of things from which a choice can be made	the status or fact of being elected
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

Difference between selection and election

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