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Amputation vs Severing - What's the difference?

amputation | severing |

As nouns the difference between amputation and severing

is that amputation is amputation while severing is the act by which something is severed.

As a verb severing is

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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

    severing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is severed.
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