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Deposition vs Depone - What's the difference?

deposition | depone |

As a noun deposition

is the removal of someone from office.

As a proper noun Deposition

is the removal of Jesus from the cross.

As a verb depone is

to testify, especially in the form of a deposition.

deposition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The removal of someone from office.
  • The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
  • (chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
  • (legal) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
  • (meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
  • (physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
  • (religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.

    • Synonyms

    * desublimation

    Antonyms

    * erosion, corrosion * sublimation

    Derived terms

    * thin film deposition * vapor deposition

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    depone

    English

    Verb

    (depon)
  • (legal) To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
  • (legal) To take the deposition of; to depose.
  • To lay, as a stake; to wager.
    • (Hudibras)
  • To lay down.
    • (Southey)

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