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Obliteration vs Effacement - What's the difference?

obliteration | effacement |

As nouns the difference between obliteration and effacement

is that obliteration is cancellation (of a postage stamp); postmark while effacement is the act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.

obliteration

English

Noun

(-)
  • The total destruction of something
  • The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something

    • effacement

    English

    (wikipedia effacement)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
  • Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.
  • * 2007 , John Zerzan, Silence , page 3:
    • Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self-effacement .
  • (medicine) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.