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Evisceration vs Dehiscence - What's the difference?

evisceration | dehiscence |

As nouns the difference between evisceration and dehiscence

is that evisceration is a disemboweling; the removal of viscera while dehiscence is (botany) opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.

evisceration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A disemboweling; the removal of viscera
    • The evisceration of the animal was accomplished with a single blow of the knife.
  • A vigorous verbal assault
    • The critic delivered another evisceration of the latest movie.

    Synonyms

    * exenteration

    dehiscence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
  • (medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
  • (rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.