Billon vs. Billion: What's the Difference?

Billon and Billion Definitions
Billon
An alloy of gold or silver with a greater proportion of another metal, such as copper, used in making coins.
Billion
The cardinal number equal to 109.
Billon
An alloy of silver with a high percentage of copper, used in making medals and tokens.
Billion
Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1012.
Billon
Any of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that are used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc.
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Billion
An indefinitely large number.
Billon
An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.
Billion
A thousand million ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Comparison logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2]): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard
Billion
A million million ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Comparison logic: 1,000,000^2]): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012
Billion
An unspecified very large number.
There were billions of people at the concert.
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Billion
According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.
Billion
The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen
Billion
The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
Billion
Denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
Billion
Denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
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