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Onium vs Odium - What's the difference?

onium | odium |

As nouns the difference between onium and odium

is that onium is any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families while odium is hatred; dislike.

onium

English

Noun

(onium compound) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families
  • (chemistry) any organic derivative of these compounds

    • See also

    *ammonium *arsonium *bismuthonium *bromonium *chloronium *fluoronium *iodonium *oxonium *phosphonium *selenonium *stibonium *sulfonium / sulphonium *telluronium

    Noun

    (onium) (onia)
  • (physics) the bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle

    • Derived terms

    * -onium, suffix of onia

    Related terms

    * positronium * muononium * tauonium * toponium

    odium

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Hatred; dislike.
    • His conduct brought him into odium''', or, brought '''odium upon him.
  • The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
  • * Dryden
    • She threw the odium of the fact on me.

    Related terms

    * odious ----