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Refaction vs Arefaction - What's the difference?

refaction | arefaction |

As nouns the difference between refaction and arefaction

is that refaction is (obsolete) recompense; atonement; retribution while arefaction is (rare|or|obsolete) the fact or process of drying; desiccation.

refaction

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) recompense; atonement; retribution
    • (Howell)
    (Webster 1913)

    arefaction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare, or, obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
  • * 1658': Common Tombs preserve not beyond powder: A firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from '''Arefaction , deep buriall or charcoal. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 31)