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Deletion vs Suppression - What's the difference?

deletion | suppression |

As nouns the difference between deletion and suppression

is that deletion is deletion while suppression is the act or instance of suppressing.

deletion

English

Noun

(wikipedia deletion) (en noun)
  • An item that has been or will be deleted.
  • The act of deleting.
  • (genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome

    • suppression

    English

    Noun

  • The act or instance of suppressing.
  • * 1980 , :
    • The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.
  • The state of being suppressed.
  • A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.