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vaccinating vs variolization

variolization vs vaccinating

vaccinating and variolization both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vaccinating Yes No No No
variolization Yes No No No
As nouns, variolization is a hyponym of vaccinating; that is, variolization 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
  • variolization: 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, variolation.
vaccinating (noun) variolization (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 variolization

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