Degradation vs Extraction - What's the difference?
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The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
(geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
A person's origin or ancestry.
Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
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(military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
(dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
Degradation is a related term of extraction.
As nouns the difference between degradation and extraction
is that degradation is degradation while extraction is an act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.degradation
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(wikipedia degradation)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* biodegradationextraction
English
Noun
(en noun)- They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.