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Abstriction vs Astriction - What's the difference?

abstriction | astriction |

As nouns the difference between abstriction and astriction

is that abstriction is (biology|mycology) a method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction while astriction is the act of binding; restriction; obligation.

abstriction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.

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    astriction

    English

    Noun

  • The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
    • (Milton)
  • (medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
    • (Dunglison)
  • (obsolete) constipation
    • (Arbuthnot)
  • (obsolete) astringency
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (legal, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)
    • (Bell)
    (Webster 1913)