Excavation vs Mining - What's the difference?
excavation | mining |
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
(uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
(senseid) The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
(figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
* (Jonathan Swift)
(military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
As nouns the difference between excavation and mining
is that excavation is the act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass while mining is (activity of removing solid valuables from the earth) The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.As a verb mining is
present participle of lang=en.excavation
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mining
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- gold mining
- His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
- the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation.