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Agen vs Agon - What's the difference?

agen | agon |

As an adverb agen

is .

As a preposition agen

is .

As a proper noun agon is

.

agen

English

Adverb

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  • *1832-1837 , John Clare, Approaching Night
  • *:O, how I long to be agen
  • *:That poor and independent man,
  • *:With labour's lot from morn to night
  • *:And books to read at candle light;
  • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
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    agon

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia agon) (en-noun)
  • A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
  • An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.
  • “Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology” (Harold Bloom).
  • A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
  • A two-player boardgame played with a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times. Also known as queen's guard.
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