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Erosion vs Incision - What's the difference?

erosion | incision |

As nouns the difference between erosion and incision

is that erosion is erosion while incision is incision, cut.

erosion

English

(wikipedia erosion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The result of having been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
  • * 2012 , (George Monbiot), (Guardian Weekly) , August 24, p.20
    • Even second-generation in the ground.
  • (uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
  • (uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
  • (mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in (morphological image processing) from which all other morphological operations are derived.
  • (dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
  • (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.

    • Derived terms

    * erosive * erosional * sheet erosion * splash erosion

    incision

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation.
  • The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.
    • (Milton)
  • (obsolete) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.