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Extirpation vs Extubation - What's the difference?

extirpation | extubation |

As nouns the difference between extirpation and extubation

is that extirpation is the act of extirpating or uprooting while extubation is (medicine) the removal of a tube inserted by intubation.

extirpation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of extirpating or uprooting.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices

    extubation

    English

    Noun

  • (medicine) The removal of a tube inserted by intubation.