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Transplantation vs Grafting - What's the difference?

transplantation | grafting |

As nouns the difference between transplantation and grafting

is that transplantation is while grafting is (horticulture) the act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

As a verb grafting is

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transplantation

English

Noun

(wikipedia transplantation) (en noun)
  • The resettlement of a group of people
  • A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant
  • The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location

    • grafting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia grafting) (en noun)
  • (horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
  • (nautical) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
  • (surgery) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplastic.
  • (carpentry) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

    • Derived terms

    * cleft grafting * crown grafting * rind grafting * saddle grafting * side grafting * skin grafting * splice grafting * whip grafting * tongue grafting * grafting scissors * grafting tool * grafting wax