swelling vs projection

projection vs swelling

swelling and projection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
swelling	Yes	No	No	No
projection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, projection is a hypernym of swelling; that is, projection is a word with a broader meaning than swelling:

swelling: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
projection: any solid convex shape that juts out from something

swelling (noun)	projection (noun)
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)	the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings	the act of projecting out from something
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement	any structure that branches out from a central support
	the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
	a planned undertaking
	a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
	the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
	the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
	any solid convex shape that juts out from something

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