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Malefaction vs Calefaction - What's the difference?

malefaction | calefaction |

As nouns the difference between malefaction and calefaction

is that malefaction is (obsolete) a crime while calefaction is the act of warming or heating.

malefaction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A crime

    • calefaction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of warming or heating.
  • The state or condition of being heated.

    • Quotations

    * 1922 , , Ulysses , episode 17: *: What advantages were possessed by an occupied, as distinct from an unoccupied bed? The removal of nocturnal solitude, the superior quality of human (mature female) to inhuman (hotwaterjar) calefaction .

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996. ----