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Anion vs Anionic - What's the difference?

anion | anionic |

As nouns the difference between anion and anionic

is that anion is a negatively charged ion while anionic is (informal) an anionic detergent.

As an adjective anionic is

(chemistry) of or pertaining to an anion.

anion

English

(wikipedia anion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A negatively charged ion.

    • Related terms

    * cation

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    anionic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chemistry) of or pertaining to an anion

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) an anionic detergent