different between enaction vs enation

English

Noun

enaction (usually uncountable, plural enactions)

1. The process of enacting something.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     a wide spectrum of tics and compulsive movements […] which were enactions of sudden urges.

Derived terms

• reenaction

Anagrams

• actineon, cat-o'-nine, cat-o-nine, octennia

English

Etymology

From Latin enatus (?n?tus) (from ?n?scor (“spring forth”)) + English +? -ion.

Noun

enation (plural enations)

1. (botany) A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
   • 1977, Robert G. Milne, Osvaldo Lovisolo, Maize Rough Dwarf and Related Viruses, in Karl Maramonosch, Max A Lauffer (editors), Advances in Virus Research, Volume 21, page 282,

     In field infections, the enations are very small and appear as gray streaks on the backs of the leaves. However, conspicuous enations appear on plants inoculated and reared in the glasshouse (Lindsten, 1961a; Catherall, 1970).

   • 1993, Wilson Nichols Stewart, Gar W. Rothwell, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants, page 113,

     Irrespective of how the terminal position of sporangia on short lateral branches evolved, we should keep in mind that it was an important step in positioning the developing sporangia so that they could be protected by enations and microphylls.

   • 1996, M. Diekmann, C. A. J. Putter, Stone Fruits, page 20,

     Infected trees are stunted, with narrow leaves, often with large enations on their underside.

2. (botany, uncountable) The generation of such an outgrowth.

Synonyms

• (small outgrowth on a plant): gall

References

• enation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Antoine, Etonian, Noetian, enantio-