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Enlargement vs Inflammation - What's the difference?

enlargement | inflammation |

As nouns the difference between enlargement and inflammation

is that enlargement is the act of making something larger while inflammation is the act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

enlargement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of making something larger.
  • Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement .
  • (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
  • ‘’’1874 Thomas Hardy, ‘’Far From the Madding Crowd’’, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p337:
  • :* Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.
  • An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
  • inflammation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia inflammation)
  • The act of inflaming]], [[kindle, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
  • (symptom) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
  • Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties.
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