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Maceration vs Excoriation - What's the difference?

maceration | excoriation |

As nouns the difference between maceration and excoriation

is that maceration is the act or process of macerating while excoriation is the act of excoriating or flaying.

maceration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of macerating.
  • * The Armored Dinosaurs edited by Kenneth Carpenter 2001 google print ref
    • ... proposed that the small size of the teeth ... implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing.

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    excoriation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of excoriating or flaying
  • The excoriated place or the state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
  • Severe verbal denouncing

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