addition vs insertion

addition

noun
  • The act of adding anything. 

  • The arithmetic operation of adding. 

  • A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. 

  • Anything that is added. 

  • A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely. 

  • Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour. 

insertion

noun
  • The act of inserting, or something inserted. 

  • With a nuclear bomb, the process of going from subcritical to prompt critical. 

  • The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle. 

  • The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation. 

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