Antique vs Anachronism - What's the difference?
antique | anachronism |
Old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.
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, chapter=1 (label) To shop for antiques; to search for antiques.
(label) To make an object appear to be an antique in some way.
A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
* 1956 , , The City and the Stars , page 32:
As nouns the difference between antique and anachronism
is that antique is an old piece of furniture, household item, or other similar item while anachronism is a chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.As an adjective antique
is old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.As a verb antique
is (label) to shop for antiques; to search for antiques.antique
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Adjective
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* * English retronyms ----anachronism
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(wikipedia anachronism)Noun
(en noun)- His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he was an anachronism .