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Unction vs Punction - What's the difference?

unction | punction |

As nouns the difference between unction and punction

is that unction is a salve or ointment while punction is a puncture or prick.

unction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a salve or ointment
  • * Dryden
    • The king himself the sacred unction made.
  • a religious or ceremonial anointing
  • * Milton
    • To be heir, and to be king / By sacred unction , thy deserved right.
  • a balm or something that soothes
  • a smug, exaggerated use of language; smarminess
  • divine or sanctifying grace

    • Related terms

    * extreme unction; Anointing of the Sick

    punction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A puncture or prick.
    • (Webster 1913)