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Mutilation vs Amputation - What's the difference?

mutilation | amputation |

As nouns the difference between mutilation and amputation

is that mutilation is the act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated while amputation is surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.

mutilation

English

Noun

  • The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.

    • Hyponyms

    * female genital mutilation * male genital mutilation

    Related terms

    * body modification

    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