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Nation vs Enation - What's the difference?

nation | enation |

As nouns the difference between nation and enation

is that nation is an historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture while enation is a small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.

As an adverb nation

is extremely; very.

nation

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • An historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
  • A sovereign state.
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  • (chiefly, historical) An association of students based on their birthplace or ethnicity. (jump)
  • (obsolete) A great number; a great deal.
  • a nation of herbs
    (Sterne)
    Usage notes
    * (British) Following the establishment of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, England, Scotland and Wales are normally considered distinct nations. Application of the term nation to the United Kingdom as a whole is deprecated in most style guides, including the BBC, most newspapers and in UK Government publications. Northern Ireland, being of less clear legal status, generally remains a province.
    Synonyms
    * thede * (an association of students) student nation
    Derived terms
    * First Nations * Ford Nation * national * nationality * nation building * nation-state * student nation * United Nations
    See also
    * country * culture * homeland * ethnicity * people * race * society * state * thede

    Etymology 2

    Probably short for (m).

    Noun

  • (rare) Damnation.
  • Adverb

  • (rare, dialectal) Extremely; very
  • * Mark Twain:
  • I'm nation sorry for you.

    References

    * "Notable and Quotable," Merriam Webster Online Newsletter (November, 2005) [http://www.word.com/unabridged/archives/2005/11/notable_and_quo_4.html] (as accessed on December 23, 2005).

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    * (l), (l) 1000 English basic words ----

    enation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
  • * 1977 , Robert G. Milne, Osvaldo Lovisolo, Maize Rough Dwarf and Related Viruses'', in Karl Maramonosch, Max A Lauffer (editors), ''Advances in Virus Research , Volume 21, page 282,
  • In field infections, the enations' are very small and appear as gray streaks on the backs of the leaves. However, conspicuous ' enations appear on plants inoculated and reared in the glasshouse (Lindsten, 1961a; Catherall, 1970).
  • * 1993 , Wilson Nichols Stewart, Gar W. Rothwell, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants , page 113,
  • Irrespective of how the terminal position of sporangia on short lateral branches evolved, we should keep in mind that it was an important step in positioning the developing sporangia so that they could be protected by enations and microphylls.
  • * 1996 , M. Diekmann, C. A. J. Putter, Stone Fruits , page 20,
  • Infected trees are stunted, with narrow leaves, often with large enations on their underside.
  • (botany, uncountable) The generation of such an outgrowth.
  • * 1965 , Albert Julius Winkler, General Viticulture , page 416,
  • Enation is characterized by the formation of very small, leaflike outgrowths — enations — from the lower surface of leaves, usually along the larger veins (fig. 116).
  • * 1991 , Chester N. Roistacher, Graft-Transmissible Diseases of Citrus: Handbook for Detection and Diagnosis , page 145,
  • Wallace and Drake (1960, 1961) reported that the woody-gall problem found in Peru, South Africa and Australia was related to vein enation .
  • * 2011 , Linda Gilkeson, Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest , page 244,
  • Choose varieties resistant to the pea enation virus for summer crops.

    Synonyms

    * (small outgrowth on a plant) gall

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