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Evacuation vs Extraction - What's the difference?

evacuation | extraction |

As nouns the difference between evacuation and extraction

is that evacuation is evacuation (act of emptying) while extraction is an act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

evacuation

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * evacuee * evacuate * evacuation slide

    extraction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
  • A person's origin or ancestry.
  • Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
  • * Milton
    • They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
  • (military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
  • (dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.

    • Synonyms

    * descent, lineage