Pronunciation of 世論


It seems that 世論 can be pronounced as both よろん and せろん. Are the meanings
identical? Is one pronunciation more common than the other?




Practically, Eddie Kal's comment is right: you can use both (no change for
nuance) and [よろん is more common (see 5.
言葉の発音)](https://www.bunka.go.jp/tokei_hakusho_shuppan/tokeichosa/kokugo_yoronchosa/h15/).

Historically, 世論 was せろん and 輿論 was よろん. Since 輿 was not included in 当用漢字
(1946), 世論 came to be used for both readings (cf. [Wikipedia article for
輿論](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BC%BF%E8%AB%96#%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E3%81%AE%E3%80%8C%E4%B8%96%E8%AB%96%E3%80%8D%E3%81%A8%E3%80%8C%E8%BC%BF%E8%AB%96%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AE%E5%8C%BA%E5%88%A5)).
The linked article says 世論/輿論 meant different things up to Taisho era, but the
difference is lost now.




Practically, Eddie Kal's comment is right: you can use both (no change for
nuance) and [よろん is more common (see 5.
言葉の発音)](https://www.bunka.go.jp/tokei_hakusho_shuppan/tokeichosa/kokugo_yoronchosa/h15/).

Historically, 世論 was せろん and 輿論 was よろん. Since 輿 was not included in 当用漢字
(1946), 世論 came to be used for both readings (cf. [Wikipedia article for
輿論](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BC%BF%E8%AB%96#%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E3%81%AE%E3%80%8C%E4%B8%96%E8%AB%96%E3%80%8D%E3%81%A8%E3%80%8C%E8%BC%BF%E8%AB%96%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AE%E5%8C%BA%E5%88%A5)).
The linked article says 世論/輿論 meant different things up to Taisho era, but the
difference is lost now.

