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Lation vs Ration - What's the difference?

lation | ration |

As nouns the difference between lation and ration

is that lation is (astrology|obsolete) motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion while ration is .

lation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (astrology, obsolete) Motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion.
    • ''Copernicus placed the Sun at the centre of the Universe, exempt from any sort of lation .
  • *17th century , John Donne, Elegy XI: The Autumnal
  • *:Since such love's natural lation is, may still
  • *:My love descend, and journey down the hill,
  • *:Not panting after growing beauties. So,
  • *:I shall ebb on with them who homeward go.

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    ration

    English

    (wikipedia ration)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A portion designated to a person or group.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
    • We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
  • To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
    • By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
  • To restrict (an activity etc.)
    • Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.

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