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Ballon vs Ballot - What's the difference?

ballon | ballot |

As nouns the difference between ballon and ballot

is that ballon is balloon while ballot is a paper or card used to cast a vote.

As a verb ballot is

to vote or decide by ballot.

ballon

English

Noun

  • (ballet) The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair
  • * {{quote-news, 1988, November 18, Dorothy Samachson, Moscow Classical Ballet, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Tall and slender, with a superb ballon and effortless flight in air, Malakhov

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    Anagrams

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    ballot

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia ballot) (en noun)
  • A paper or card used to cast a vote.
  • The process of voting, especially in secret.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • the insufficiency of the ballot
  • (chiefly, US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
  • The total of all votes cast in an election.

    • Synonyms

    * (paper or card used to cast a vote) voting slip

    Derived terms

    * ballot box

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To vote or decide by ballot.
    • to ballot for a candidate
  • To draw lots.