Potent vs Puissance - What's the difference?
potent | puissance |
Possessing strength.
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*:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.
Being effective, causing body effects.
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Having a sharp or offensive taste.
(lb) Able to procreate.
Very powerful or effective.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:harsh and potent injuries
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Moses once more his potent rod extends.
(tincture) A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.
(obsolete) A prince; a potentate.
(obsolete) A staff or crutch.
Power, might or potency.
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* 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 66:
The high-jump component of the sport of show jumping.
As nouns the difference between potent and puissance
is that potent is (tincture) a heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white t shapes while puissance is power, might or potency.As an adjective potent
is possessing strength.potent
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Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare)
Antonyms
* impotentDerived terms
* idempotent * nilpotent * unipotent * (l)External links
* * ----puissance
English
Noun
(-)- We easily pronounce puissance , truth and justice; they be words importing some great matter, but that thing we neither see nor conceive.
- Any impression of mental puissance might have been increased by the fact that I was usually to be seen working hard with notebook and biro, shaping up a new book review or a linking script.