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sterilisation vs operation

operation vs sterilisation

sterilisation and operation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sterilisation Yes No No No
operation Yes No No No
As nouns, operation is a hypernym of sterilisation; that is, operation is a word with a broader meaning than sterilisation:
  • sterilisation: the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
  • operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Other hypernyms of sterilisation include surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.
sterilisation (noun) operation (noun)
the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
a business especially one run on a large scale
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
process or manner of functioning or operating
the state of being in effect or being operative
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