different between votation vs potation

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v???te??n?/

Etymology 1

From vote +? -ation.

Noun

votation (uncountable)

1. (rare, usually in the context of Switzerland) The act of voting, especially when not to elect a government or head of state.

Etymology 2

Noun

votation (uncountable)

1. The processing of margarine by means of a votator.

Anagrams

• ottavino

French

Etymology

voter +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.ta.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: votations

Noun

votation f (plural votations)

1. Action of voting

Related terms

• votant
• vote
• voter

Further reading

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

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