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Evacuation vs Evaluation - What's the difference?

evacuation | evaluation |

As nouns the difference between evacuation and evaluation

is that evacuation is the act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum while evaluation is an assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.

evacuation

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
  • Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, fortress, etc.
  • Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
  • The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
  • That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
  • (Quincy)
  • Abolition; nullification.
  • (Hooker)

    Derived terms

    * evac * Evacuation Day * med-evac * noncombatant evacuation operations * tactical aeromedical evacuation

    evaluation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia evaluation) (en noun)
  • An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.
  • (mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
  • (computing, programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.
  • Derived terms

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    See also

    * evaluate * revaluation * valuation