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Dotation vs Donation - What's the difference?

dotation | donation |

As nouns the difference between dotation and donation

is that dotation is the act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman while donation is a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

dotation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.
  • Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation.
    • As to eleemosynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal visitors...
    (Webster 1913) ----

    donation

    English

    (wikipedia donation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

    • Related terms

    * donate

    See also

    * fundraising ----