What's the difference between pontage and potage?

Pontage


Definition:

  • (n.) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On the basis of 26 cases with non-operable primary or secondary neoplastic obstructions of the cardia the authors express the opinion that the best solution is the transdiaphragmatic pontage with a jejunal loop mounted in Y. Enlargement of this indication should not be made on behalf of radical or palleative resections, but on the contrary internal derivations should increase the range of surgical solutions in cancer of the cardia.

Potage


Definition:

  • (n.) See Pottage.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) What she has embraced instead is a homemade belief system, a potage of pyramids, squares and circles.
  • (2) Plastic-potted ready meals and potages are “hand cooked” or “hand crafted”; some bacon has even been “hand rubbed with sea salt”.

Words possibly related to "pontage"

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