Stagnation vs Congestion - What's the difference?
stagnation | congestion |
inactivity
being stagnant; being without circulation
The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
An excess of traffic.
(medicine) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
(medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
As nouns the difference between stagnation and congestion
is that stagnation is stagnation while congestion is congestion.stagnation
English
Noun
- The general concern about industrial stagnation inspired an overhaul of the patent system.
- Factors known to encourage the growth of harmful bacteria inside cooling systems include the stagnation of the water.