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Aqua vs Scion - What's the difference?

aqua | scion |

As nouns the difference between aqua and scion

is that aqua is the compound water while scion is a descendant, especially a first-generation descendant.

As an adjective aqua

is of a greenish-blue colour.

aqua

English

Noun

  • (inorganic compound) The compound water.
  • A shade of colour, usually a mix of green and blue similar to the colour turquoise.
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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a greenish-blue colour.

    • Synonyms

    * (colour) aquamarine * (water) see

    Derived terms

    * aquabib * aquabis * aquabob * aquacade * aquacise * aquacrop * aquaculture * aquaculturist * aquadynamic * aquaerobics * aqualung * aquamarine * aquanaut * aquapasto * aquaphobia * aquaplane * aqueous * aquiculture * aquifer * aquitard * subaqua

    See also

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    scion

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ** *** sioun *** syoun ** *** syon ** *** sien *** sion *** syen *** syon ** *** seyon *** sien *** syen * ** *** cyun ** *** cion ** *** cien *** cion *** cyen *** cyon ** *** cion (now chiefly in botanical senses) * ** *** science *** scyence *** siens *** sient ** *** cions *** cyence *** cyens *** cyons *** sciance *** science *** scient *** sience *** siens *** sient * ** *** scyon ** *** scion *** scioun ** *** scion ** *** scien *** scion *** scyen ** *** scion *** scyon ** *** scion (standard spelling)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant.
  • A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
  • The heir to a throne.
  • A guardian.

    • Quotations

    * '>citation * 1966 , , An Early Passover , Clifton Pub. Co., paperback edition, page 24 *: It was said to him that those people were the scions of Zion. * 1986 , , Penguin, paperback edition, page 72 *: He could show his parents Eliot, scion of Derek Moulthorp, and then how could they say he was throwing his life away?

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