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Invasive vs Surgical - What's the difference?

invasive | surgical |

As adjectives the difference between invasive and surgical

is that invasive is that invades a foreign country using military force while surgical is of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.

As a noun invasive

is an invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.

invasive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That invades a foreign country using military force.
  • (of a plant or animal) That grows in environments which do not harbor natural enemes, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
  • (medicine) (of a carcinoma etc'') That invades healthy tissue; (''of a procedure ) in which part of the body is entered
  • Intrusive on one's privacy.
  • Derived terms

    * invasively * invasiveness * noninvasive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.
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    surgical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
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  • Precise or very accurate.
  • Derived terms

    * surgically * surgical gown * surgical procedure * surgical spirit