Electron vs Election - What's the difference?
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(particle) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.
(chemistry, obsolete) Alloys of magnesium and other metals, like aluminum or zinc, that were manufactured by the German company Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron.
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors or other representatives by popular vote.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.}}
The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
(archaic) Any conscious choice.
*, II.20:
* Francis Bacon
(theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
(obsolete) Those who are elected.
* Bible, Rom. xi. 7
As nouns the difference between electron and election
is that electron is the subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity while election is a process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.electron
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(wikipedia electron)Noun
(en noun)See also
* neutron * proton * (wikipedia "electron") ----election
English
(Election)Noun
(en noun)- The parliamentary elections will be held in March.
citation
- The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.
- Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election .
- To use men with much difference and election is good.
- The election hath obtained it.
