Potion vs. Alchemy — What's the Difference?

A potion (from Latin potio "drink") is a liquid "that contains medicine, poison, or something that is supposed to have magic powers.” It derives from the latin word potus which referred to a drink or drinking. The term philtre is also used, often specifically for a love potion, a potion that is supposed to create feelings of love or attraction in the one who drinks it.Throughout history there have been several types of potions for a range of purposes.

Alchemy (from Arabic: al-kīmiyā; from Ancient Greek: khumeía) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practiced in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. In its Western form, alchemy is first attested in a number of pseudepigraphical texts written in Greco-Roman Egypt during the first few centuries CE.Alchemists attempted to purify, mature, and perfect certain materials.

A liquid or liquid mixture, especially one that is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.

The medieval forerunner of chemistry, concerned with the transmutation of matter, in particular with attempts to convert base metals into gold or find a universal elixir

A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.

A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea, and the preparation of the elixir of longevity.

To drug (someone).

A seemingly magical power or process of transmuting

A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine.

(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.

To drug.

(countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.

A medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage

Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.

An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.

A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet.

Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.

A pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

The way two individuals relate to each other;