What's the difference between suppliance and suppliant?

Suppliance

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Definition:

• (n.) That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
• (n.) Supplication; entreaty.

Example Sentences:

Suppliant

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Definition:

• (a.) Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
• (a.) Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
• (n.) One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.

Example Sentences:

• (1) (Roars of approval from the Tory benches, suppliant sniggers from the sketchwriters.)
• (2) Film producers will be calling on your mobile phone – but you will be wary, because you have always had to protect yourself from suppliants and admirers.