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Aeon vs Eon - What's the difference?

aeon | eon | Alternative forms |

Eon is a alternative form of aeon.



As nouns the difference between aeon and eon

is that aeon is an alternative spelling of lang=en while eon is eternity.

As an initialism EON is

ΕΟΝ, the Greek National Organisation of Youth similar to the Hitler Youth, it was formed before WWII and disbanded in 1941.

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.
    • ----

    eon

    English

    Alternative forms

    * aeon (chiefly British or Gnostic) * (qualifier)

    Noun

    (wikipedia eon) (en noun)
  • (US) Eternity.
  • A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert L. Dorit , title=Rereading Darwin , volume=100, issue=1, page=23 , magazine= citation , passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
  • (geology) The longest time period used in geology.
  • (US, informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.
    • It's been eons since we last saw each other.
  • A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

    • Derived terms

    * Archean eon * eonian *

    Anagrams

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