Evacuation vs Exhaustion - What's the difference?
evacuation | exhaustion |
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.
Abolition; nullification.
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
(dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
(maths) An exhaustive procedure
As nouns the difference between evacuation and exhaustion
is that evacuation is the act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum while exhaustion is the point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.evacuation
English
(wikipedia evacuation)Noun
(en noun)- (Quincy)
- (Hooker)
Derived terms
* evac * Evacuation Day * med-evac * noncombatant evacuation operations * tactical aeromedical evacuationexhaustion
English
Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion , prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
