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Amputation vs Insinuation - What's the difference?

amputation | insinuation |

As nouns the difference between amputation and insinuation

is that amputation is amputation while insinuation is the act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.

amputation

English

(wikipedia amputation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
  • the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

    • See also

    * acrotomophilia * apotemnophilia * apotemnophobia

    insinuation

    English

    (wikipedia insinuation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
  • The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
  • The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
  • That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
  • * slander may be conveyed by insinuations .

    • Related terms

    * insinuate * insinuator

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