2 Devices 1 iCloud Account Question

I have 2 devices connected to the same iCloud account, however on one Device "Notes" is turned off,and the other it is turned on.
The 2 devices have notes on them and they are different notes,my question is what will happen when if I turn on notes on the one that is selected off.
Will it merge the notes from both devices or delete the older ones?

I don't recall 100% to be honest, it's also something I'm unable to test since I no longer have 'on my mac' notes, but...
If you turn iCloud notes off, you aren't prompted to keep them and indeed are told they will be deleted. This suggests to me that they won't be merged and will stay in two separate accounts once iCloud notes has been enabled.
On your Mac you can drag notes between accounts, which isn't possible on an iOS device. I also seem to recall that once you remove your last note from the 'on my mac' account, that account will be removed and can't be reinstated whilst you have other accounts.
So I think they aren't merged, but can't be sure.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4436
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*GE TAG - Don't you just love how people in forums answer their own question rather than the one being asked.
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An account for iCloud does also include log-ins for the iOS App Store / Mac App Store / iTunes Desktop Application , but an iCloud account on any device iOS / Mac / PC does not have to match the App Store / iTunes account which certainly has its account login limitations per device as has been pointed out.
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That is 7 separate devices. Never once have I been prompted about a limit when setting up my iCloud account (which constitues Contacts / Calendar / Notes / Reminders / Documents in the Cloud / Keychain / and Photo Stream and not purchased content through App / iTunes "stores" which do give such prompting upon authorizing your respective device for being able to use / sync said purchases)
I've really only come to this realizatoin upon thinking this through after reading this thread. I was actually searching for this answer myself until now. If I'm wrong I will welcome a rebutal with proof.

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