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surgical procedure vs plastic surgery

plastic surgery vs surgical procedure

surgical procedure and plastic surgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
surgical procedure Yes No No No
plastic surgery Yes No No No
As nouns, plastic surgery is a hyponym of surgical procedure; that is, plastic surgery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surgical procedure:
  • surgical procedure: 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 procedure (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 procedure and plastic surgery

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