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Vacuation vs Evacuation - What's the difference?

vacuation | evacuation |

As nouns the difference between vacuation and evacuation

is that vacuation is the act of emptying or clearing out while evacuation is the act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.

vacuation

English

Noun

  • The act of emptying or clearing out.
  • 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