different between creation vs concoction

English

Etymology

From Middle English creacion, creacioun, creation, from Old French creacion (French création), from Latin cre?ti?, creationis; equivalent to create +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?i??e???n/
• IPA^(key): [k?i???e???n]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

creation (countable and uncountable, plural creations)

1. (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.

2. (uncountable) The act of creating something.

3. (uncountable) All which exists.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• actioner, actorine, anoretic, anticore, reaction, reäction

Interlingua

Noun

creation (plural creationes)

1. creation

Middle English

Noun

creation

1. Alternative form of creacion

English

Etymology

From Latin concocti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?k?k??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?k?k??n/, [k??n?k??k??n], [k????k??k??n]

Noun

concoction (countable and uncountable, plural concoctions)

1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
2. A mixture prepared in such a way.
3. Something made up, an invention.
4. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).

   • [Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]

5. (obsolete, figuratively) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
6. (obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
7. (obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.

   • There are also divers other great alterations of matter and bodies , besides those that tend to concoction and maturation

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin concocti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.k?k.sj??/

Noun

concoction f (plural concoctions)

1. concoction (mixture)

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin concocti?nem.

Noun

concoction f (plural concoctions)

1. concoction (mixture)