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Evacuation vs Relocation - What's the difference?

evacuation | relocation |

As nouns the difference between evacuation and relocation

is that evacuation is evacuation (act of emptying) while relocation is the act of moving from one place to another.

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

    relocation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of moving from one place to another.
  • of a lease.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (moving to another place) move, removal

    See also

    * resettlement

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