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Picon vs Piton - What's the difference?

picon | piton |

As nouns the difference between picon and piton

is that picon is a caramel-coloured flavoured bitters made from oranges, gentian, and quinquina, traditionally accompanying beer in the east and north of France while piton is a spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber.

As a verb piton is

to put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing.

picon

English

(Sirop de Picon)

Noun

(-)
  • A caramel-coloured flavoured bitters made from oranges, gentian, and quinquina, traditionally accompanying beer in the east and north of France.
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    piton

    English

    (wikipedia piton)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (climbing) to put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing

    • See also

    * bong

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