different between violation vs invasion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French violation, from Latin viol?ti? (“injury, profanation”), from viol? (“I treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate, defile, profane”).Morphologically violate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va???le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

violation (countable and uncountable, plural violations)

1. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
   1. An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
   2. (euphemistic) Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.

Synonyms

• transgression
• desecration

See breach.

Antonyms

• compliance
• obedience

Related terms

• violate
• violable
• violative
• violator

Translations

Anagrams

• avolition

French

Pronunciation

Noun

violation f (plural violations)

1. violation

English

Etymology

From Middle French invasion, from Late Latin inv?si?nem, accusative of inv?si?.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

invasion (countable and uncountable, plural invasions)

1. A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
2. The entry without consent of an individual or group into an area where they are not wanted.

   an invasion of mobile phones

   an invasion of bees

   an invasion of foreign tourists

3. (medicine) The spread of cancer cells, bacteries and such to the organism.
4. (surgery) The breaching of the skin barrier.

Derived terms

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Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inv?si?nem, nominative of inv?si?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.va.zj??/

Noun

invasion f (plural invasions)

1. invasion

Related terms

• envahir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• innovais, visionna

Middle French

Noun

invasion f (plural invasions)

1. invasion

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin inv?si?.

Pronunciation

Noun

invasion f (plural invasions)

1. invasion

Swedish

Noun

invasion c

1. invasion