Novates vs Notates - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between novates and notates

is that novates is while notates is .

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(novate)

(novat)

To replace something with something new

(legal) To replace a debt or other obligation

* OED 2nd edition 1989 ----

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(notate)

(notat)

To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.

To add notes to; to annotate

To create notation (i.e. music); to record/put down in the form of notation