different between potation vs portation

English

Etymology

From Middle English potacion, from Old French potacion, from Latin p?t?ti?.

Noun

potation (countable and uncountable, plural potations)

1. (often in the plural) The act of drinking.
   • 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe,

     Perhaps his nocturnal potations, prevented him from recognising accents which were tolerably familiar to him.

2. A drink, especially an alcoholic beverage.

   • For as this is the liquor of modern historians, nay, perhaps their muse, if we may believe the opinion of Butler, who attributes inspiration to ale, it ought likewise to be the potation of their readers, since every book ought to be read with the same spirit and in the same manner as it is writ.

Translations

See also

• libation

Anagrams

• optation

English

Etymology 1

Noun

portation (uncountable)

1. (chiefly in combination) The act of carrying or transporting something; transportation.

Etymology 2

port +? -ation

Noun

portation (uncountable)

1. (computing) The act of porting software between hardware or operating system platforms.