transplant vs surgical operation

surgical operation vs transplant

transplant and surgical operation both are nouns.

transplant is a verb but surgical operation is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
transplant	Yes	No	Yes	No
surgical operation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, surgical operation is a hypernym of transplant; that is, surgical 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)
surgical 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 operation, surgery, surgical procedure, surgical process.

transplant (noun)	surgical 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)
(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

transplant (verb)	surgical 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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