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Exonerate vs Excavate - What's the difference?

exonerate | excavate |

In lang=en terms the difference between exonerate and excavate

is that exonerate is to free from accusation or blame while excavate is to uncover (something) by removing its covering.

As verbs the difference between exonerate and excavate

is that exonerate is to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load) while excavate is to make a hole in (something); to hollow.

As a noun excavate is

(zoology) any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade excavata.

exonerate

English

Verb

(exonerat)
  • To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
  • (obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water, to discharge (oneself), empty oneself.
  • *, II.ii.3:
  • I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the mouth of Obi, or where?
  • To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
  • To free from accusation or blame.
  • Synonyms

    * (to free from accusation ) acquit English transitive verbs ----

    excavate

    English

    Etymology 1

    Known since 1599, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
  • To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
  • To uncover (something) by removing its covering.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (wikipedia excavate) (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
  • References

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