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Imputation vs Amputation - What's the difference?

imputation | amputation |

As nouns the difference between imputation and amputation

is that imputation is the act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription while amputation is surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.

imputation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of imputing]] or [[charge, charging; attribution; ascription.
  • That which has been imputed or charged.
  • Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
  • (theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.
  • Opinion; intimation; hint.

    • Related terms

    * imputability * imputable * imputableness * imputably * impute

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    amputation

    English

    (wikipedia amputation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
  • the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

    • See also

    * acrotomophilia * apotemnophilia * apotemnophobia