different between potion vs philter

English

Etymology

From Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin p?ti? (“a drinking”), poti?nis, from p?t?re (“to drink”). Doublet of poison.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?po?.??n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

potion (plural potions)

1. A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.

Synonyms

• lib (Britain dialectal, Scotland)

Derived terms

• love potion

Translations

Verb

potion (third-person singular simple present potions, present participle potioning, simple past and past participle potioned)

1. (obsolete) To drug.
   • 1611, John Speed, The Histoire of Great Britaine Under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans

     hauing potioned them with a sleepy drinke […]

Anagrams

• option

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?tio, p?ti?nis. Doublet of poison, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.sj??/

Noun

potion m (plural potions)

1. potion

See also

• philtre

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• philtre (British)

Etymology

From Middle French philtre, from Ancient Greek ??????? (phíltron), from ????? (philé?, “I love”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?lt?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?lt?/
• Rhymes: -?lt?(?)
• Homophone: filter

Noun

philter (plural philters)

1. A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver. [from the 16th c.]

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:philter.

Translations

Verb

philter (third-person singular simple present philters, present participle philtering, simple past and past participle philtered)

1. To impregnate or mix with a love potion.

2. To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
   • Government of the Tongue

     Let not those that have repudiated the more inviting sins, shew themselves philtred and bewitched.

Anagrams

• philtre