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Subduction vs Absurdist - What's the difference?

subduction | absurdist |

As nouns the difference between subduction and absurdist

is that subduction is the action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object while absurdist is an advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.

As an adjective absurdist is

of, or relating to absurdism.

subduction

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
  • (geology) The process in which one tectonic plate moves beneath another and sinks into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  • The act of subducting or taking away.
  • (Bishop Hall)
  • Arithmetical subtraction.
  • Derived terms

    * subduction zone

    See also

    * obduction

    absurdist

    English

    Noun

    (absurdism) (en noun)
  • An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or relating to absurdism.
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