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Shekel vs Lepton - What's the difference?

shekel | lepton |

As nouns the difference between shekel and lepton

is that shekel is a currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel while lepton is a small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BC, considered by some to be the widow's mite.

shekel

English

(wikipedia shekel)

Alternative forms

* sheqel

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
  • (informal) money.
  • An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

    • Derived terms

    * new shekel

    See also

    * agora * ILS * NIS * ----

    lepton

    English

    (Greek lepton)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BC, considered by some to be the widow's mite.

    • Etymology 2

    (wikipedia lepton) From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elementary particle with a spin of 1/2 (a fermion) which is immune to the strong nuclear force (including the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon).
    • Derived terms
    * leptonic