The difference between Bullion and Bouillon

[StarSong]

This has driven me crazy over the years so I finally took the time to look it up.

Bullion refers to precious metals like gold, silver and platinum in bars or and certain kinds of coins that are produced for investment purposes.
Bouillon refers to broth that's made from meats and or vegetables.

If I started a business selling tasty bouillon, perhaps I could invest some of the proceeds in gold bullion.

 

[RadishRose]

This has driven me crazy over the years so I finally took the time to look it up.

Bullion refers to precious metals like gold, silver and platinum in bars or and certain kinds of coins that are produced for investment purposes.
Bouillon refers to broth that's made from meats and or vegetables.

If I started a business selling tasty bouillon, perhaps I could invest some of the proceeds in gold bullion.

Bouillabaisse might bring more bouillon.

 

[Ted01]

Love it!!
Etymology has brought me joy for a long time... I never really got into it as a linguist, but rather, found it somehow entertaining.

bouillon(n.)​

broth or soup from boiled beef or other meat, 1650s, from French bouillon (11c.), noun use of past participle of bouillir "to boil," from Old French bolir (see boil (v.)).

boil(v.)
early 13c. (intransitive) "to bubble up, be in a state of ebullition," especially from heat, from Old French bolir "boil, bubble up, ferment, gush" (12c., Modern French bouillir), from Latin bullire "to bubble, seethe," from PIE *beu- "to swell" (see bull (n.2)). The native word is seethe. The figurative sense, of passions, feelings, etc., "be in an agitated state" is from 1640s.

I am impatient, and my blood boyls high. [Thomas Otway, "Alcibiades," 1675]

The transitive sense "put into a boiling condition, cause to boil" is from early 14c. The noun is from mid-15c. as "an act of boiling," 1813 as "state of boiling." Related: Boiled; boiling. Boiling point "temperature at which a liquid is converted into vapor" is recorded from 1773.

On the other hand...

bullion(n.)
mid-14c., "uncoined gold or silver," from Anglo-French bullion, Old French billon "bar of precious metal," also "place where coins are made, mint," from Old French bille "stick, block of wood" (see billiards), influenced by Old French boillir "to boil," from Latin bullire "boil" (see boil (v.)), through the notion of "melting."

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary

 

[jujube]

I like to sip on bouillon while counting through my bullion.