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transplant vs operation

operation vs transplant

transplant and operation both are nouns.

transplant is a verb but operation is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transplant Yes No Yes No
operation Yes No No No
As nouns, operation is a hypernym of transplant; that is, operation is a word with a broader meaning than transplant:
  • transplant: an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
  • operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Other hypernyms of transplant include surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.
transplant (noun) operation (noun)
the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient 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
transplant (verb) operation (verb)
transfer from one place or period to another
place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
lift and reset in another soil or situation
be transplantable
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