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Cunctation vs Punctation - What's the difference?

cunctation | punctation |

As nouns the difference between cunctation and punctation

is that cunctation is delay, hesitation, procrastination while punctation is a preliminary treaty or contract, for example the Punctation of Olmütz.

cunctation

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) Delay, hesitation, procrastination.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , Folio Society 2007, p. 428:
    • celerity should always be contempered with cunctation .

    Derived terms

    * cunctatory

    punctation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A preliminary treaty or contract, for example the .
  • (botany) Markings of minute spots, holes, or depressions.

    • Related terms

    * punctate, punctated