Excavation vs Extraction - What's the difference?
excavation | extraction |
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
(uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
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.
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(military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
(dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
As nouns the difference between excavation and extraction
is that excavation is the act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass while extraction is an act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.excavation
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(en noun)- They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
