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Ablation vs Oblation - What's the difference?

ablation | oblation |

As nouns the difference between ablation and oblation

is that ablation is a carrying or taking away; removal while oblation is the offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.

As a proper noun Oblation is

the offering of bread and wine at the Eucharist.

ablation

English

(wikipedia ablation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.
  • (medicine) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
  • (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under heat or chipping.
  • (geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion, mass wasting.

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    oblation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
  • A deed or gift offered charitably.

    • Related terms

    * oblate * oblational * oblatory

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