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Sustenation vs Sustainment - What's the difference?

sustenation | sustainment |

As nouns the difference between sustenation and sustainment

is that sustenation is (uncommon) action to sustain something; sustentation; maintenance while sustainment is the act of sustaining something.

sustenation

English

Noun

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  • (uncommon) Action to sustain something; sustentation; maintenance.
  • * 1710 , George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
    • ...subservient to the ends they were designed for, God's glory and the sustenation and comfort of ourselves and our fellow-creatures.

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    sustainment

    English

    Noun

  • The act of sustaining something
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 5, , U.S. Labor Looks to Obama for Help, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Otherwise, the sustainment or creation of jobs is seriously imperiled. }}