The difference between Extraction and Reduction

When used as nouns, extraction means an act of extracting or the condition of being extracted, whereas reduction means the act, process, or result of reducing.


check bellow for the other definitions of Extraction and Reduction

  1. Extraction as a noun:

    An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

  2. Extraction as a noun:

    A person's origin or ancestry.

  3. Extraction as a noun:

    Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.

  4. Extraction as a noun (military):

    An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.

  5. Extraction as a noun (dentistry):

    A removal of a tooth from its socket.

  1. Reduction as a noun:

    The act, process, or result of reducing.

  2. Reduction as a noun:

    The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.

    Examples:

    "A 5% reduction in robberies"

  3. Reduction as a noun (chemistry):

    A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.

  4. Reduction as a noun (cooking):

    The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.

  5. Reduction as a noun (mathematics):

    The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.

  6. Reduction as a noun (computability theory):

    a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.

  7. Reduction as a noun (music):

    An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.

  8. Reduction as a noun (philosophy, phenomenology):

    A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)

  9. Reduction as a noun (medicine):

    A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.