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vaccination vs immunization

immunization vs vaccination

vaccination and immunization both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vaccination Yes No No No
immunization Yes No No No
As nouns, immunization is a hypernym of vaccination; that is, immunization is a word with a broader meaning than vaccination:
  • vaccination: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
  • immunization: the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
Other hypernyms of vaccination include immunisation.
vaccination (noun) immunization (noun)
taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
Difference between vaccination and immunization

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