What is the difference between nucleon and nucleus?
nucleon | nucleus |
The core, central part (of something), round which others are assembled.
An initial part or version that will receive additions.
(chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
(cytology) A large organelle found in cells which contains genetic material.
(neuroanatomy) A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
(linguistics) The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.
Nucleus is a derived term of nucleon.
Nucleus is a related term of nucleon.
As nouns the difference between nucleon and nucleus
is that nucleon is one of the subatomic particles of the atomic nucleus, i.e. a proton or a neutron while nucleus is the core, central part (of something), round which others are assembled.nucleon
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(wikipedia nucleus)Noun
(en-noun)- This collection will form the nucleus of a new library.