As nouns the difference between zion and scion
is that zion is zayin, Hebrew letter ז while scion is a descendant, especially a first-generation descendant.
As a proper noun Zion
is a mountain in Israel on which Jerusalem is built.
zion
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Proper noun
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en proper noun)
A mountain in Israel on which Jerusalem is built.
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- Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion : the same is the city of David.
Jerusalem.
(metaphorical) The whole nation of Israel.
of modern usage.
Derived terms
* Zionism
* Zionist
* Zionistic
* Zionize, Zionization
Synonyms
* Sion
Anagrams
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scion
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Alternative forms
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*** sien
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*** cyun
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*** cion
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*** cien
*** cion
*** cyen
*** cyon
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*** cion (now chiefly in botanical senses)
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*** scyence
*** siens
*** sient
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*** cions
*** cyence
*** cyens
*** cyons
*** sciance
*** science
*** scient
*** sience
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*** scion (standard spelling)
Noun
(
en noun)
A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant.
A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
The heir to a throne.
A guardian.
Quotations
* '>citation
* 1966 , , An Early Passover , Clifton Pub. Co., paperback edition, page 24
*: It was said to him that those people were the scions of Zion.
* 1986 , , Penguin, paperback edition, page 72
*: He could show his parents Eliot, scion of Derek Moulthorp, and then how could they say he was throwing his life away?
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