different between confabulation vs photosynthesis

English

Etymology

From Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin conf?bul?ti?nem, from c?nf?bul?r? + -ti?nem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). C?nf?bul?r? is the present active infinitive of c?nf?bulor (“to converse; to discuss”), from con- (prefix indicating a bringing together) + f?bulor (“to chat, converse, talk; to make up a story”) (from f?bula (“discourse, narrative; fable, story”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to say, speak”)) + for (“to say, speak, talk”)). The English word is analysable as confabulate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?fæbj??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: con?fab?u?lat?ion

Noun

confabulation (countable and uncountable, plural confabulations)

1. A casual conversation; a chat.

   Synonym: confab

2. (psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true.

Derived terms

• confab (noun)

Related terms

References

English

Etymology

photo- +? synthesis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??.t??.?s?n.??.s?s/, [?f??.t???.?s?n?.??.s?s]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fo?.to?.?s?n.??.s?s/, [?f??.?o?.?s?n?.??.s?s]

Noun

photosynthesis (usually uncountable, plural photosyntheses)

1. (biology) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy,
   1. principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
   2. also, non-oxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple and green bacteria, heliobacteria, and acidobacteria.

Related terms

• photosynthesise/photosynthesize
• photosynthetic
• photosynthetically

Translations

See also

• chemosynthesis