Oblation vs. Ablation
Difference Between Oblation and Ablation
Oblationnoun
The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
Ablationnoun
(obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.
Oblationnoun
(by extension) A deed or gift offered charitably.
Ablationnoun
(medicine) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
Oblationnoun
the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity;
oblations for aid to the poorAblationnoun
(sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under heat or chipping.
Oblationnoun
the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist
Ablationnoun
(geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion, mass wasting.
Ablationnoun
(meteorology) The depletion of surface snow and ice by melting and evaporation.
Ablationnoun
surgical removal of a body part or tissue
Ablationnoun
the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
