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surgical operation vs plastic surgery

plastic surgery vs surgical operation

surgical operation and plastic surgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
surgical operation Yes No No No
plastic surgery Yes No No No
As nouns, plastic surgery is a hyponym of surgical operation; that is, plastic surgery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surgical operation:
  • surgical operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
  • plastic surgery: surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
surgical operation (noun) plastic surgery (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
Difference between surgical operation and plastic surgery

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