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Extraction vs Separation - What's the difference?

extraction | separation |

In military terms the difference between extraction and separation

is that extraction is an act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location while separation is departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.

As nouns the difference between extraction and separation

is that extraction is an act of extracting or the condition of being extracted while separation is the act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.

extraction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
  • A person's origin or ancestry.
  • Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
  • * Milton
  • They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
  • (military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
  • (dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
  • Synonyms

    * descent, lineage

    separation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
  • The place at which a division occurs.
  • An interval, gap or space that separates things.
  • (legal) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
  • (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.
  • Antonyms

    * (act of disuniting two or more things) annexation, combination, unification

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