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Sustenation vs Sustentation - What's the difference?

sustenation | sustentation |

As nouns the difference between sustenation and sustentation

is that sustenation is action to sustain something; sustentation; maintenance while sustentation is the act, or the result of sustaining; sustainment.

sustenation

English

Noun

(-)
  • (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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    sustentation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act, or the result of sustaining; sustainment.
  • The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.