Excrement vs Urine - What's the difference?
excrement | urine |
(archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
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Animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
(physiology) Liquid excrement consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
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As nouns the difference between excrement and urine
is that excrement is any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs while urine is liquid excrement consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.excrement
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same.
Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
From (etyl) .urine
English
Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine .}}