As nouns the difference between ion and proton
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 proton is positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element; the nucleus of the most common isotope of hydrogen; composed of two up quarks and a down quark.
As a proper noun Ion
is son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people.
ion
Noun
(
en noun)
An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.
Derived terms
* anion
* autoion
* byion
* cation
* coion
* counterion
* gegenion
* ionic
* ionise, ionize
* ionogenic
* ionome
* macroion
* microion
* multiion
* nebenion
* photoion
* polyion
* sulphion
* thermion
proton
Noun
(
en noun)
(particle) positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element; the nucleus of the most common isotope of hydrogen; composed of two up quarks and a down quark
Synonyms
* p (symbolic)
Hypernyms
* nucleon
See also
* neutron
* electron
* deuteron
* triton
Anagrams
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