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Aeon vs Cosmos - What's the difference?

aeon | cosmos |

As nouns the difference between aeon and cosmos

is that aeon is an alternative spelling of lang=en while cosmos is the universe.

aeon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (AU, NZ, British)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1892, author=
    • , title=When Earth's Last Picture is Painted (L’Envoi to 'The Seven Seas') , passage=When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried,/ When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has died,/ We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it -- lie down for an aeon or two,/Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew.}}
  • A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
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    cosmos

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia cosmos) (wikispecies)
  • The universe.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-24, volume=408, issue=8850, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= A problem of cosmic proportions , passage=In Dr Wetterich’s picture of the cosmos the redshift others attribute to expansion is, rather, the result of the universe putting on weight. If atoms weighed less in the past, he reasons, the light they emitted then would, in keeping with the laws of quantum mechanics, have been less energetic than the light they emit now.}}
  • An ordered, harmonious whole.
  • Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves.
    • Related terms
    * cosmetic * cosmonaut

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of cosmopolitan

    Noun

    (head)
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