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Occlusion vs Obliteration - What's the difference?

occlusion | obliteration |

As nouns the difference between occlusion and obliteration

is that occlusion is the process of occluding, or something that occludes while obliteration is the total destruction of something.

occlusion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
  • (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
  • (medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
  • (meteorology) An occluded front.
  • (linguistics) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
  • (physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
  • (computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.

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    obliteration

    English

    Noun

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