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Ionotropy vs Iconotropy - What's the difference?

ionotropy | iconotropy |

As nouns the difference between ionotropy and iconotropy

is that ionotropy is (chemistry) a form of tautomerism involving the movement or redistribution of charges while iconotropy is the accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the icons or myths of an earlier one, especially so as to bring them into accord with those of the later one.

ionotropy

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Noun

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  • (chemistry) A form of tautomerism involving the movement or redistribution of charges
  • (physiology) The regulation of neurotransmitters or cell receptors by ion channels

    • iconotropy

    English

    Noun

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  • the accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the icons or myths of an earlier one, especially so as to bring them into accord with those of the later one

    • Related terms

    * iconotropic