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Exaction vs Enaction - What's the difference?

exaction | enaction |

As nouns the difference between exaction and enaction

is that exaction is the act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion while enaction is the process of enacting something.

exaction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
  • That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.

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    enaction

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The process of enacting something.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • a wide spectrum of tics and compulsive movements which were enactions of sudden urges.

    Derived terms

    * reenaction