election and electron differ by a single letter, buried far enough into the word to be easy to miss. election means “a vote to select the winner of a position or political office”. electron means “an elementary particle with negative charge”. election is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ɪˈlɛkʃən/
1.n.a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
“the results of the election will be announced tonight”
2.n.the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
“her election of medicine as a profession”
3.n.the status or fact of being elected
“they celebrated his election”
/ˌɪˈlɛktɹɑn/
1.n.an elementary particle with negative charge
| election | electron | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɪˈlɛkʃən/ | /ˌɪˈlɛktɹɑn/ |
| Said | i-LEK-shuhn | il-EK-trahn |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| Letters | 8 | 8 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun |
| Senses | 4 | 1 |
| How common | Common | Familiar |
| Synonyms | none recorded | negatron |
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