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Potation vs Poration - What's the difference?

potation | poration |

As nouns the difference between potation and poration

is that potation is (often|plural) the act of drinking while poration is (biology) the formation of pores in a surface, or the pattern of such pores.

potation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (often, plural) The act of drinking.
  • A drink, especially of an alcoholic beverage.

    • Quotations

    *1819 , , Ivanhoe , *:Perhaps his nocturnal potations , prevented him from recognising accents which were tolerably familiar to him.

    poration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) The formation of pores in a surface, or the pattern of such pores