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Expulsion vs Exsiccation - What's the difference?

expulsion | exsiccation |

As nouns the difference between expulsion and exsiccation

is that expulsion is expulsion while exsiccation is the act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.

expulsion

English

(wikipedia expulsion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
    • The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team resulting in a flurry of expulsions , starting with the quarterback.

    Antonyms

    * impulsion

    Related terms

    * expel

    exsiccation

    English

    Noun

  • The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
  • * 1658 , Sir Thomas Brown, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , London: Edward Dod OCLC 216753971
    • That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay.
    (Webster 1913)