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Cerebration vs Cerebation - What's the difference?

cerebration | cerebation |

As nouns the difference between cerebration and cerebation

is that cerebration is the act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity while cerebation is the act of using the mind; thought.

cerebration

English

Noun

  • The act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity.
  • * 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 177:
    • Dr Carpenter first, unless I am mistaken, introduced the term ‘unconscious cerebration ’, which has since then been a popular phrase of explanation.
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    • Related terms

    * cerebrate

    cerebation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of using the mind; thought.
  • * 1875 , Edward Heneage Dering, Sherborne; or, The House at the Four Ways , Smith, Elder & Co. (1875), page 284:
  • *:What he said, when he did speak, (whether accidentally, or through unconscious cerebation , who shall say?) was just what he would have been likely to feel under the circumstance.