As nouns the difference between votation and potation
is that votation is the act of voting, especially when not to elect a government or head of state while potation is (often|plural) the act of drinking.
votation
English
Noun
(-)
The act of voting, especially when not to elect a government or head of state.
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potation
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(often, plural) The act of drinking.
A drink, especially of an alcoholic beverage.
Quotations
*1819 , , Ivanhoe ,
*:Perhaps his nocturnal potations , prevented him from recognising accents which were tolerably familiar to him.