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Fumigation vs Extermination - What's the difference?

fumigation | extermination |

As nouns the difference between fumigation and extermination

is that fumigation is the act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection while extermination is the act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.

fumigation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
  • Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.

    • extermination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
  • Elimination.