Ion vs Eon - What's the difference?
ion | eon |
An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.
(US) Eternity.
A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
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(geology) The longest time period used in geology.
(US, informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.
A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
As nouns the difference between ion and eon
is that ion is an atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution while eon is eternity.As a proper noun Ion
is son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people.As an initialism EON is
ΕΟΝ, the Greek National Organisation of Youth similar to the Hitler Youth, it was formed before WWII and disbanded in 1941.ion
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(wikipedia ion)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* anion * autoion * byion * cation * coion * counterion * gegenion * ionic * ionise, ionize * ionogenic * ionome * macroion * microion * multiion * nebenion * photoion * polyion * sulphion * thermioneon
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Alternative forms
* aeon (chiefly British or Gnostic) * (qualifier)Noun
(wikipedia eon) (en noun)citation, passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
- It's been eons since we last saw each other.