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Agon vs Gaon - What's the difference?

agon | gaon |

Gaon is a anagram of agon.



As nouns the difference between agon and gaon

is that agon is a struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work while Gaon is honorary title for a Jewish scholar who is noted for his wisdom and knowledge of the Talmud.

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.

    • Related terms

    * Agonies * agony * agonism * antagonism

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    gaon

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Honorary title for a Jewish scholar who is noted for his wisdom and knowledge of the Talmud.
  • In modern usage, a genius.

    • Quotations

    * 1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=5mR5jX70oqwC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&sig=efbu3LMM7kVUrIzfWghTlqOeIXQ] *: The Gaon' also was distressed by the veneration the Hasidim accorded their rabbinic leaders, men whom the ' Gaon generally regarded as ignoramuses. * 1996, Roger Friedland, Richard Hecht, To Rule Jerusalem [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=h27UQhGY9nwC&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&sig=f-awfG-HhWgq48JD6okq8b_8Vp8] *: Like the hasidim, he too refused the title of rabbi, adopting the ancient title of Gaon. * 1997, Moshe Gil, A History of Palestine [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=M0wUKoMJeccC&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&sig=ffm2drYu_SPO-Cgn9eM32oW2rhM] *: The Gaon' also mentions a letter he has received from ?asan as-??q?l? (al-??q?la, the ancient Aramaic name for K?fa) undoubtedly one of the emigrants from Iraq to Egypt whom the ' Gaon knew.

    See also

    * iluy *

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