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Assation vs Cassation - What's the difference?

assation | cassation |

As nouns the difference between assation and cassation

is that assation is (obsolete) roasting, baking while cassation is the abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment or cassation can be (music) piece of instrumental music of the eighteenth century similar to the serenade, and often performed out of doors.

assation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Roasting, baking.
  • *, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.156:
  • *:Assation is a concoction of the inward moisture by heat; his opposite is semiustulation.

    • cassation

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) cassation, from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment.
    • Synonyms
    * quash
    Derived terms
    * court of cassation

    Etymology 2

    Uncertain

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) piece of instrumental music of the eighteenth century similar to the serenade, and often performed out of doors
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