Verb + Suffix ‘Ion’ as noun

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I've been wondering on the usage of the suffix -ion and what it means if put at the end of a verb.
I notice that oftentimes it means the process/ action of the verb.
Examples: Transformation, investigation, deforestation.
What makes me question are verbs like create. I reasoned that the noun creation would mean the process of creating, but it also means the end product of creating.
Verbs like incline or dispose also confuses me, because to incline means *to make (someone) tend/prone to something, but the noun inclination means tendencies as opposed to the process of the action.
My question is:
Can verbs + ion be defined as other things rather than the process or the action of the verb itself?

GEdgar · Answer

There is this explanation

-ion  SUFFIX
1 Forming nouns denoting verbal action.
‘communion’
1.1 Denoting a resulting state or product.
‘oblivion’
usage The suffix -ion is usually found preceded by s (-sion), t (-tion), or x (-xion)
Lexico

Greybeard · Answer

Can verbs + ion be defined as other things rather than the process or the action of the verb itself?

Your question is strange as you have already shown that it can be with your example "creation".
"Creation (uncountable) occurred on the 23rd of September 4004BC at approximately 18:45 hours"
"The dragon, the behemoth, and the cockatrice are but a few of God's creations (countable)"
"Explanation (uncountable) is required!" he said angrily. - The act of explaining.
"I have an explanation(countable)" I replied. - That which is explained; an instance or example of explanation.

Verb + Suffix ‘Ion’ as noun

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