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Extraction vs Invasion - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between extraction and invasion

is that extraction is an act of extracting or the condition of being extracted while invasion is a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

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

    invasion

    English

    (wikipedia invasion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
  • The entry without consent of an individual or group into an area where they are not wanted.
    • an invasion of mobile phones
    an invasion of bees
    an invasion of foreign tourists

    Derived terms

    * British Invasion * invasion of privacy * invasion stripes * pitch invasion

    Related terms

    * intervasion * intrusion * invade * invader * trespass