different between incision vs niche

English

Etymology

From Middle English incision, from Old French incision, from Late Latin incisi? from the verb incid? (“I cut into”) + action noun suffix -i?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

incision (countable and uncountable, plural incisions)

1. A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut.
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene 1,^[1]

     Wrath-kindled gentlemen, be ruled by me;

     Let’s purge this choler without letting blood:

     This we prescribe, though no physician;

     Deep malice makes too deep incision;

   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, Chapter 33,^[2]

     Gunch was so humorous that Mrs. Babbitt said he must “stop making her laugh because honestly it was hurting her incision.”

   • 1999, Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love, London: Bloomsbury, 2000, Chapter 28, p. 470,^[3]

     In the midst of the men a black upright stove sends out its heat. On the glowing holes at the top Ya‘qub Artin has carefully placed some chestnuts, each with a neat incision in its side.

2. The act of cutting into a substance.
   • 1539, Thomas Elyot (compiler), The Castel of Helthe, London, Book 3, Chapter 6,^[4]

     The parte of Euacuation by lettyng of blud, is incision or cuttyng of the vayne, wherby the bloud, whiche is cause of syckenes or grefe to the hole body, or any particular part therof, doth most aptly passe.

   • 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes, London, pp. 94-95,^[5]

     Never considering […] that these miseries of the people are still his own handy work, having smitt’n them like a forked Arrow so sore into the Kingdoms side, as not to be drawn out and cur’d without the incision of more flesh.

   • 1800, William Hayley, An Essay on Sculpture, London: T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, Epistle 4, p. 89,^[6]

     Mnesarchus, early as a sculptor known,

     From nice incision of the costly stone,

   • 1964, William Trevor, The Old Boys, Penguin, 2014, Chapter 21,^[7]

     Slowly, as meticulously as if engaged upon a surgical incision, Mr Nox opened his mail.

3. (obsolete) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
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Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• inosinic

French

Etymology

First known attestation 1314 in the French translation of Chirurgie by Henri de Mondeville. Learned borrowing from Latin incisi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.si.zj??/

Noun

incision f (plural incisions)

1. (medicine, general use) incision

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French niche, from Old French niche, from nicher (“make a nest”) (modern French nicher), from Latin n?dus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nide via Latin and nest via Proto-Indo-European; also related to nyas.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, Canada, Ireland, UK) IPA^(key): /ni??/
  • Rhymes: -i??
• (US) IPA^(key): /n?t??/, /ni?/, /n??/
  • Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

niche (plural niches)

1. (architecture) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. Hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.

   Synonym: nook
2. (ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
3. (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.

   Synonyms: specialty, specialization,

4. (Islam) An arrow woven into a prayer rug pointing in the direction of qibla.

Derived terms

• fundamental niche
• niche market

Translations

Verb

niche (third-person singular simple present niches, present participle niching, simple past and past participle niched)

1. (transitive) To place in a niche.

   a niched vase

2. (transitive, marketing) To specialize in a niche, or particular narrow section of the market.
   • 2002, Frederick Betz, Executive Strategy (page 92)

     Product differentiation will be mostly limited to market niching and fashion.

Adjective

niche (comparative more niche, superlative most niche)

1. Pertaining to or intended for a market niche; having specific appeal.

Translations

See also

• niché

Anagrams

• Chien, chine, chiné

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French niche, from Middle French niche, from Old French niche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni?/
• Hyphenation: ni?che

Noun

niche f (plural niches, diminutive nicheje n)

1. (especially in ecology and business) a niche

See also

• nis

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni?/

Etymology 1

From Middle French niche, from Old French niche, from nichier (“make a nest”), from Latin n?dus (“nest”) (via a verb *n?dic?re).

Noun

niche f (plural niches)

1. niche
2. kennel (for dog)

Descendants

• ? Danish: niche
• ? Dutch: niche
• ? English: niche
• ? Macedonian: ???? (niša)
• ? Russian: ???? (niša)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

niche

1. first-person singular present indicative of nicher
2. third-person singular present indicative of nicher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nicher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of nicher
5. second-person singular imperative of nicher

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• chien, chine, Chine, chiné

Norman

Etymology

From Old French niche, from nichier (“make a nest”), from Latin n?dus (“nest”).

Noun

niche f (plural niches)

1. (Jersey) kennel

Synonyms

• câniche

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nit??e/, [?ni.t??e]

Noun

niche m (plural niches)

1. (Venezuela, slang, offensive) low-class