different between incorporation vs impregnation

English

Etymology

From Middle English incorporacioun, from Old French incorporacion, from Late Latin incorporatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k??p???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

incorporation (countable and uncountable, plural incorporations)

1. The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
2. The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
3. The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation

4. The act of creating a corporation.
5. A body incorporated; a corporation.
6. (linguistics) A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.

   Incorporation is central to many polysynthetic languages such as those found in North America, Siberia and northern Australia.

7. (law) A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states. ^Wp

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English impregnacioun, from Old French impregnacion, in turn from Late Latin impregnatio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mp????ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

impregnation (countable and uncountable, plural impregnations)

1. The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
2. The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
3. That with which anything is impregnated.
4. (geology) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French impregnacion, from Latin impregnatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pre?a?sjõ?/, /??pre?na?sjõ?/

Noun

impregnation f (plural impregnations)

1. impregnation, fertilization
2. saturation, impregnation