different between treatment vs treaty

English

Etymology

treat +? -ment. Compare French traitement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?i?tm?nt/
• Hyphenation: treat?ment

Noun

treatment (countable and uncountable, plural treatments)

1. The process or manner of treating someone or something.

3. Medical care for an illness or injury.

4. The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
5. (countable) A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.
6. (countable, film) A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
7. (obsolete) entertainment; treat

   • Accept such treatment as a swain affords.

Derived terms

Related terms

• treat

Translations

Anagrams

• matternet

English

Etymology

From Middle English trety, tretee, from Old French traitié, traieté, from Latin tractatus, from tracto.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?i?ti/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?t?i?ti/, /?t?i??ti/
• Rhymes: -i?ti

Noun

treaty (plural treaties)

1. (international law) A binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.

2. A formal agreement between two or more states.

See also

• protocol
• covenant
• convention
• exchange of letters
• exchange of note

Related terms

• tractate
• trait
• treat
• treatable
• treatment
• treatise

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• attery, yatter