wearing vs ablation

ablation vs wearing

wearing and ablation both are nouns.

wearing is an adjective but ablation is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wearing	Yes	Yes	No	No
ablation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ablation is a hyponym of wearing; that is, ablation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wearing:

wearing: (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
ablation: the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

Other hyponyms of wearing include chatter mark, abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition, beach erosion, deflation, planation, soil erosion.

wearing (noun)	ablation (noun)
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment	surgical removal of a body part or tissue
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively	the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

wearing (adjective)	ablation (adjective)
producing exhaustion

Difference between wearing and ablation

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