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Exclusion vs Ex - What's the difference?

exclusion | ex |

As nouns the difference between exclusion and ex

is that exclusion is the act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part while ex is an ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner.

As a verb ex is

to delete; to cross out.

exclusion

English

Noun

  • The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • (obsolete) The act of pushing or forcing something out.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.6:
    • For the exclusion of animals is not merely passive like that of eggs, nor the total action of delivery to be imputed unto the mother, but the first attempt beginneth from the infant [...].
  • An item not covered by an insurance policy.

    • Antonyms

    * inclusion

    Derived terms

    * exclusion chromatography * exclusion zone * Pauli exclusion principle

    Related terms

    * exclude * exclusive

    ex

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (colloquial) An ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner.
    • She broke up with her ex .

    See also

    *

    Derived terms

    * exray * ex-ray

    Verb

    (es)
  • To delete; to cross out

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