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Agemate vs Coeval - What's the difference?

agemate | coeval |

As nouns the difference between agemate and coeval

is that agemate is one who is the same age as another person while coeval is something of the same era or age.

As an adjective coeval is

of the same age; contemporary.

agemate

English

Alternative forms

*age-mate

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who is the same age as another person.
  • * 2009 , Judith Rich Harris, The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do , Free Press (2009), ISBN 9781439101650, page 147:
    • Twins are in an unusual situation: they have an agemate to play with from Day One.
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    • coeval

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the same age; (l).
    • ‘Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price! ’
    The Baralaba Coal Measures are coeval with the Bandana Formation.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something of the same (l) or age.
    • The telephone and television are coevals in that film.
    * (English Citations of "coeval")

    Anagrams

    * English words prefixed with co-