different between extermination vs removal

English

Etymology

From Middle French extermination, from Latin exterminatio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

extermination (countable and uncountable, plural exterminations)

1. The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication

   the total extermination of a people

   extermination of error or vice

   extermination of weeds from a field

2. Elimination.

Synonyms

• (total destruction): excision

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extermin?ti?. Synchronically analysable as exterminer +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.st??.mi.na.sj??/

Noun

extermination f (plural exterminations)

1. extermination

Derived terms

• camp d'extermination

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

remove +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???mu?v?l/

• Rhymes: -u?v?l

Noun

removal (countable and uncountable, plural removals)

1. The process of moving, or the fact of being removed.
2. The relocation of a business etc.
3. The dismissal of someone from office.
4. (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
5. (slang, euphemistic) Murder.

Synonyms

• (moving to another place): move, relocation

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• vomeral