different between vorpal vs vortal

English

Coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky to describe a sword.

vorpal (comparative more vorpal, superlative most vorpal)

Sharp or deadly.
(role-playing games, of a blade) Having a special power making decapitation likely.

Blend of vertical +? portal

vortal (plural vortals)

(Internet) A vertical portal; an online resource acting as an entry point for information for a single specific market or subject.
- 2000, Brian Stanford-Smith, Paul T. Kidd, E-business: Key Issues, Applications and Technologies (page 302)
  The service is a vortal, which aims to assist SMEs involved in engineering or manufacturing in the East Midlands area around Nottingham. The project builds on the concept of a human-organised regional gateway of information but also incorporates the ideas behind a vortal.

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