Is vapourisation same as evaporation?

Vaporization is a more general term and applies to both evaporation and boiling. Vaporization is any process that describes the conversion of a liquid to a gas. Evaporation occurs below the boiling point where particles of the liquid go from the surface to the vapor state. Boiling is the process where a liquid goes to the vapor state at the temperature where the vapor pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, i.e. boiling point. In boiling, vaporization can occur anywhere within the body of the liquid, not just at the surface.

So, evaporation is a type of vaporization. 

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In evaporation, it is not heated to its boiling point to form vapour

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