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Extraction vs Extradition - What's the difference?

extraction | extradition |

As nouns the difference between extraction and extradition

is that extraction is an act of extracting or the condition of being extracted while extradition is a formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.

extraction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
  • A person's origin or ancestry.
  • Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
  • * Milton
  • They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
  • (military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
  • (dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
  • Synonyms

    * descent, lineage

    extradition

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia extradition) (en noun)
  • a formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.
  • See also

    * deportation * rendition