different between suppliance vs suppliant

English

Etymology 1

See suppliant.

Noun

suppliance (uncountable)

1. supplication; entreaty
   • 1827, Fitz-Greene Halleck, "Marco Bozzaris", in Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems

     When Greece her knee in suppliance bent

Etymology 2

From supply.

Noun

suppliance (plural suppliances)

1. That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
   • 1867, Richard Chenevix Trench, Studies in the Gospels (page 98)

     All human suppliances for the satisfying of the cravings of the body or of the soul have in them this defect, that they do not satisfy for ever. They only serve to dull and deaden the present sense of the want, but do not remove it.

English

Etymology

French suppliant, present participle of supplier. Doublet of supplicant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?pli?nt/

Adjective

suppliant (comparative more suppliant, superlative most suppliant)

1. Entreating with humility.
2. Supplying; auxiliary.

Translations

Noun

suppliant (plural suppliants)

1. One who pleads or requests earnestly.

   Synonyms: beseecher, petitioner, supplicant

Translations

Related terms

French

Verb

suppliant

1. present participle of supplier

Adjective

suppliant (feminine singular suppliante, masculine plural suppliants, feminine plural suppliantes)

1. suppliant, begging, pleading, imploring

Noun

suppliant m (plural suppliants, feminine suppliante)

1. supplicant