What's the difference between libation and limation?

Libation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Just one hour ago he was sitting in a tiny backstage room, enjoying a post-show libation and breathing in a blue cloud of smoke courtesy of a gang of well-wishers.
  • (2) The structure activity of these compounds in relationship to the enzymes studied suggest the importance of O-methylation on the enzymatic effect studied which may possibly underlie some of the hypothesized action of THP on libation of alcohol.

Limation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of filing or polishing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Passaged ORS cells were grown exposed to air on HDF-populated collagen gels in the CRD device (Noser and Limat, In vitro 23, 541-545, 1987) which allows histiotypic tissue organization.
  • (2) Now it is combined with the profits from the bars and restaurants to pay for the snow and the piste-modelling too: “It would not be possible to run the mountain without that.” C limate change is not something many ski resorts want to talk about.

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