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vaccinating vs variolation

variolation vs vaccinating

vaccinating and variolation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vaccinating Yes No No No
variolation Yes No No No
As nouns, variolation is a hyponym of vaccinating; that is, variolation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vaccinating:
  • vaccinating: the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
  • variolation: the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
Other hyponyms of vaccinating include ring vaccination, variolization.
vaccinating (noun) variolation (noun)
the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
Difference between vaccinating and variolation

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