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Distention vs Excrescence - What's the difference?

distention | excrescence | Related terms |

Distention is a related term of excrescence.


As nouns the difference between distention and excrescence

is that distention is the act of distending while excrescence is something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.

distention

English

Alternative forms

* distension

Noun

  • The act of distending.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    excrescence

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
  • A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct
  • (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [?w?rmp?] (adding a [p] between [m] and [?]), or .

    • Antonyms

    * (phonetic) anaptyxis

    Related terms

    * excrescency * excrescent

    Hypernyms

    * (phonetic) epenthesis

    Hyponyms

    * (phonetic) linking consonant

    See also

    * (phonetic) intervocalic

    References