excrement vs excretion what difference
what is difference between excrement and excretion
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛkskɹəmənt/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“I excrete”).
Noun
excrement (countable and uncountable, plural excrements)
- (now specifically) Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
- (archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97:
- A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand […]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:feces
Related terms
- excreta
- excrete
- excremental
- excrementitious
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“I grow out”).
Noun
excrement (plural excrements)
- (obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails etc.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin excrēmentum.
Noun
excrement m (plural excrements)
- (also in the plural) excrement
Derived terms
Further reading
- “excrement” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “excrement” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “excrement” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “excrement” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Verb
excrement
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of excremō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French excrément, Latin excrementum.
Noun
excrement n (plural excremente)
- excrement, feces
Declension
Synonyms
- fecale
- (popular) scârnă, scremet
- (slang) rahat
- (vulgar) căcat
- (of animals) baligă
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːʃən
Noun
excretion (countable and uncountable, plural excretions)
- The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
- Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
- 1881, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Journal of Social Science (page 32)
- […] the removal of all soiled liquids, and of such offaling, secretions and excretions as are easily or naturally reduced to a liquid or semiliquid state.
- 1881, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Journal of Social Science (page 32)
Related terms
- excrete
- secretion
Translations
Further reading
- excretion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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