Mon vs. Ton — What's the Difference?

A member of a traditionally Buddhist people inhabiting eastern Myanmar (Burma) and adjacent parts of Thailand.

The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years.

The Mon-Khmer language of the Mon.

A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (0.907 metric ton or 907.18 kilograms). Also called net ton, short ton.

Man.

A unit of weight equal to 2,240 pounds (1.016 metric tons or 1,016.05 kilograms). Also called long ton.

(historical) The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.

A metric ton. See Table at measurement.

The badge or emblem of a Japanese family, especially a family of the ancient feudal nobility; typically circular and consists of conventionalized forms from nature.

A unit of capacity for cargo in maritime shipping, normally estimated at 40 cubic feet.

A colloquial means of address of man in places such as Jamaica and Shropshire in England.

A unit of internal capacity of a ship equal to 100 cubic feet.

(fandom) A creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles.

A unit for measuring the displacement of ships, equal to 35 cubic feet, and supposed to equal the volume taken by a long ton of seawater.

(fandom) A video game or anime in which catching and battling creatures is an important element.

A large extent, amount, or number

The badge of a family, esp. of a family of the ancient feudal nobility. The most frequent form of the mon is circular, and it commonly consists of conventionalized forms from nature, flowers, birds, insects, the lightnings, the waves of the sea, or of geometrical symbolic figures; color is only a secondary character. It appears on lacquer and pottery, and embroidered on, or woven in, fabrics. The imperial chrysanthemum, the mon of the reigning family, is used as a national emblem. Formerly the mon of the shoguns of the Tokugawa family was so used.

Used adverbially with a or in the plural to mean "to a great degree or extent" or "frequently"

The second day of the week; the first working day

A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).

A member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand

A unit of volume; register ton.

The Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon people

In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).

A large amount.

(slang) A speed of 100 mph.

One hundred pounds sterling.

(cricket) One hundred runs.

One hundred points scored.

Fashion, the current style, the vogue.

Fashionable society; those in style.

The common tunny, or horse mackerel.

The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.

A measure of weight or quantity.

The weight of twenty hundredweight.

Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.

A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.

A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds