different between orifice vs perforation

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin orificium (“an opening, literally the making of a mouth”), compound of os (“mouth”) + facio (“to make”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????f?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????f?s/

Noun

orifice (plural orifices)

1. A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin orificium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?i.fis/
• Rhymes: -is

Noun

orifice m (plural orifices)

1. an orifice

Further reading

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

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

perforation (countable and uncountable, plural perforations)

1. The act of perforating or the state of being perforated.
2. Any opening in a solid object.
3. (medicine) An abnormal opening in an organ, such as a rupture.
4. A series of holes punched through something in order to assist in separating parts.
5. (mathematics) That portion of a surface that remains after an open disk is removed from it.

Translations

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Latin perfor?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

perforation f (plural perforations)

1. perforation

Related terms

• perforer

Further reading

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