What's the difference between portion and potion?

Portion


Definition:

  • (n.) That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  • (n.) A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
  • (n.) A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
  • (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.
  • (n.) A wife's fortune; a dowry.
  • (v. t.) To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
  • (v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The patterns observed were: clusters of granules related to the cell membrane; positive staining localized to portions of the cell membrane, and, less commonly, the whole cell circumference.
  • (2) The low affinity of several N1-alkylpyrroleethylamines suggests that the benzene portion of the alpha-methyltryptamines is necessary for significant affinity.
  • (3) The half-life of 45Ca in the various calcium fractions of both types of bone was 72 hours in both the control and malnourished groups except the calcium complex portion of the long bone of the control group, which was about 100 hours.
  • (4) The present results provide no evidence for a clear morphological substrate for electrotonic transmission in the somatic efferent portion of the primate oculomotor nucleus.
  • (5) The cis isomer was retained longer in liver, particularly in mitochondria, but had low retention in that portion of the endoplasmic reticulum isolated as the rough membrane fraction.
  • (6) The supravesical portion showed a cystic appearance with a capsule in the space of Retzius.
  • (7) In addition, lightly immunostained cells were distinguished in the caudal portion of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, area of tuber cinereum, retrochiasmatic area, and rostral portion of the paraventricular thalamic nucleus after colchicine treatment.
  • (8) A few free-floating cells could be observed in the lumen of this intermediate portion, most of which were macrophages.
  • (9) A 68 year-old man with a history of right thalamic hemorrhage demonstrated radiologically in the pulvinar and posterior portion of the dorsomedian nucleus developed a clinical picture of severe physical sequelae associated with major affective, behavioral and psychic disorders.
  • (10) It may, however, be useful to compare local wall dynamics in the more isometrically-contracting basal segment with those in the middle portion which brings about most of the emptying of the ventricle.
  • (11) Thus, the estrogen-sensitive phase was confined to the early portion of FPH stimulation.
  • (12) Thus it appears that a portion of the adaptation to prolonged and intense endurance training that is responsible for the higher lactate threshold in the trained state persists for a long time (greater than 85 days) after training is stopped.
  • (13) The horizontal portion of the intracavernous ICA as well as the whole aspect of the aneurysm could be exposed as a result of the extended opening of the cavernous roof anterior to the posterior clinoid process.
  • (14) Three animals received unilateral lesions which included both the inferior parietal lobule and a portion of adjacent dorsal prestriate cortex (IPL-PS).
  • (15) Heparitinase I (EC 4.2.2.8), an enzyme with specificity restricted to the heparan sulfate portion of the polysaccharide, releases fragments with the electrophoretic mobility and the structure of heparin.
  • (16) These animals spent a much greater portion of their SWS in the lighter SWS I, as compared to the control group which showed a predominance of the deeper SWS II.
  • (17) The vector is relatively small (6 kilobase pairs) and contains a portion of the L. seymouri alpha-tubulin gene positioned in-frame with a truncated neomycin phosphotransferase gene that confers resistance to the aminoglycoside G418.
  • (18) Studies using serum from mice that had been immunized with synthetic peptides from the HIV envelope region suggested that this response is directed, at least in part, at several determinants of the transmembrane portion of the HIV envelope glycoprotein.
  • (19) We propose a model in which BvgB and the N-terminal portion of BvgC are localized in the periplasm.
  • (20) We report the case of a premature infant, small for gestational age, who experienced rostral herniation of a portion of frontal lobe through the anterior fontanel as the result of a hemorrhagic cerebellar infarction followed by a large parieto-occipital intracerebral hemorrhage.

Potion


Definition:

  • (n.) A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine.
  • (v. t.) To drug.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) From the beginning of time, man has had the instinct to pour things in wounds to kill microorganisms and enhance healing, and..... "wounds are still lathered, bathed, and sprayed with various notions, potions, and lotions".
  • (2) Dynamics of nonachlazine, a new anti-anginal agent, distribution in organs following its single and repeated introduction in the form of a potion and aqueous solution was studied in tests with albino rats.
  • (3) The peculiar thing about the opera is that the back story – war, slayings, the murder of the Irish princess Isolde's betrothed by the Cornish knight Tristan, her determination to kill the latter, her failure to do so, the way she healed Tristan's wounds and kept his identity secret – is more interesting than the story itself, which revolves around the pair not quite being able to make love despite drinking a love potion (substituted by Isolde's lady-in-waiting Brangäne for the poison with which Isolde intended to kill both Tristan and herself as they journeyed to Cornwall, where she was to marry boring old King Marke).
  • (4) Despite encouraging results, the author concludes that, at present, hypertonic saline cannot be considered a truly "magic potion" for resuscitation of the trauma patient.
  • (5) By transfecting murine type I IL-1R cDNA into a human Jurkat cell line, structural and functional potion required for the IL-1 signal transduction is determined.
  • (6) It is not unusual to have to treat a sick Zulu 1st for the effects of a witchdoctor's potions and only subsequently for the original complaint.
  • (7) We studied one type of treatment carried out in groups of about 10 to 12 'patients', where the healer makes a magical diagnosis and provides a potion, usually ayahuasca (active hallucinogenic agent: harmine) which is drunk by the witch doctor, his assistant and the patients.
  • (8) He also stated that servers could charge players for entry, and for personalisation items like cool hats and silly pets, but could not charge for items that would affect gameplay, such as powerful swords or potions.
  • (9) Two electrodes were sown each to the serosal surface of the interposed segment of the jejunum, duodenum, and distal potion of the jejunum, respectively.
  • (10) To gain more insight into this problem, it is proposed that chemical analyses and toxicological studies be carried out on each ingredient individually, then on combinations of ingredients contained in these Voodoo potions.
  • (11) Quackery has for centuries used aphrodisiacs to exploit vulnerable victims, 30% of whom, through the power of suggestion, have achieved sexual success from potions, powders and genital pomades.
  • (12) He does not swear much in the early rounds of any tournament but gives full vent to his passion when it matters, as if he has been building it up on purpose, like a magic potion.
  • (13) But, being deficient in magic potion, we have precious little chance of stopping it.
  • (14) However, referendums are by no means a magical potion.
  • (15) Potions from plants, now known to contain scopolamine, were used in antiquity and the middle ages.
  • (16) Greedy relatives will press the potion on their parents, eager for the inheritance or just to be rid of the muddles and puddles of the decrepit.
  • (17) Pokestops provide the resources of the game: find one, tap it, and you get items like pokeballs, potions and revives.
  • (18) Yet many proprietary potions did not actually terminate pregnancies.
  • (19) Patients were often cured by potions or ointments containing mercury if used from the onset of symptoms.
  • (20) Herbal potions are also used by the Igbo traditional midwife to induce labor and to treat ailments such as generalized bodily edema.