different between causation vs cassation

English

Etymology

From cause +? -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

causation (countable and uncountable, plural causations)

1. The act of causing.
2. The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
   • 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences

     the kind of causation by which vision is produced

3. Cause and effect; causality.

Synonyms

• causality
• ætiology, aetiology, etiology

Derived terms

• causational

Translations

Further reading

• causation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• causation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæ?se???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Etymology 1

From French cassation, from Latin cass? (“destroy, annul”)

Noun

cassation (countable and uncountable, plural cassations)

1. The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment.

Synonyms

• quashing

Derived terms

• court of cassation

Translations

Etymology 2

From German Kassation, from Italian cassazione

Noun

cassation (plural cassations)

1. (music) A piece of instrumental music of the eighteenth century similar to the serenade, and often performed outdoors.

Anagrams

• tacsonias

French

Etymology

From casser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.sa.sj??/
• Homophone: cassations

Noun

cassation f (plural cassations)

1. (law) cassation

Further reading

• “cassation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).