Tincture vs Potion - What's the difference?
tincture | potion |
A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
A tint, or an added colour.
(heraldry) A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
(humorous) A small alcoholic drink.
An essential characteristic.
* 1924 , ARISTOTLE. . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 6.
The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
A slight taste superadded to any substance.
A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
* Alexander Pope
* Macaulay
to stain or impregnate (something) with colour
A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
As nouns the difference between tincture and potion
is that tincture is a pigment or other substance that colours or dyes while potion is a small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.As verbs the difference between tincture and potion
is that tincture is to stain or impregnate (something) with colour while potion is (obsolete) to drug.tincture
English
(wikipedia tincture)Noun
(en noun)- for the earlier thinkers had no tincture of dialectic
- a tincture of orange peel
- All manners take a tincture from our own.
- Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture.
Verb
(tinctur)Anagrams
* ----potion
English
(wikipedia potion)Noun
(en noun)- He hoped to win the princess’s heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.
