different between excretion vs aspiration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i???n

Noun

excretion (countable and uncountable, plural excretions)

1. The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
2. Something being excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.

Related terms

• excrete
• secretion

Translations

Further reading

• excretion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology 1

aspire +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æsp???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)

1. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).

   Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game.

Derived terms

• aspirational
• aspirationalism
• aspirationalist

Translations

Etymology 2

From aspirate +? -ion or borrowed from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem.

Noun

aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural aspirations)

1. The action of aspirating.
2. (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.

Derived terms

• aspirational
• preaspiration

Translations

Further reading

• aspiration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aspiration in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Noun

aspiration c (singular definite aspirationen, plural indefinite aspirationer)

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Declension

Further reading

• “aspiration” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aspiratio, aspirationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.pi.?a.sj??/

Noun

aspiration f (plural aspirations)

1. aspiration

Related terms

• aspirer

Further reading

• “aspiration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).