different between exaction vs ordeal

English

Etymology

From Middle English exaccion, from Middle French exaction, from Old French, from Latin ex?cti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zæk??n/

Noun

exaction (countable and uncountable, plural exactions)

1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force

2. extortion.
3. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• cinoxate

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exacti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

exaction f (plural exactions)

1. extortion
2. exaction

References

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

Middle English

Noun

exaction

1. Alternative form of exaccion

English

Etymology

From Middle English ordel, ordal, from Medieval Latin ord?lium or its source Old English ord?l, ord?l (“ordeal, judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *u?dail? (“judgement”, literally “an out-dealing”), from *u?dailijan (“to deal out; dispense”), equivalent to or- +? deal.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uurdeel (“judgement; verdict”), West Frisian oardiel (“judgement”), Dutch oordeel (“judgement, discretion”), Low German Oordeel (“judgement; verdict”), German Urteil (“judgement, verdict”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???di?l/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /???dil/
• Hyphenation: or?deal
• Rhymes: -i?l

Noun

ordeal (plural ordeals)

1. A painful or trying experience.
2. A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
3. The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean

Translations

See also

• trial by fire

Anagrams

• Laredo, Loader, Rodela, loader, reload