Exhaustion vs Extortion - What's the difference?
exhaustion | extortion |
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
(dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
(maths) An exhaustive procedure
The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
As nouns the difference between exhaustion and extortion
is that exhaustion is the point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up while extortion is the practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.exhaustion
English
Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion , prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}