Deathless vs Ageless - What's the difference?
deathless | ageless |
Undying or immortal.
* 2005 , Tony Magistrale, Abject Terrors: Surveying the Modern and Postmodern Horror Film
Of a work of art or literature: conspicuously excellent, of the highest order, guaranteed not to be lost or forgotten.
(relative to past) Having existed for so great a period of time that its longevity cannot be expressed.
(relative to future) Continuing infinitely or indefinitely.
Always appearing youthful; never seeming to age.
* {{quote-news
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As adjectives the difference between deathless and ageless
is that deathless is undying or immortal while ageless is (relative to past) having existed for so great a period of time that its longevity cannot be expressed.deathless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Like the deathless vampire who must repeat its stalk-and-kill cycle in order to satisfy a recurring blood hunger, the earliest film horrors cannibalized its literary ancestry again and again.
- Her novels are filled with unforgettable characters and deathless prose.
Derived terms
* deathlessly * deathlessnessageless
English
Adjective
(wikipedia ageless) (en adjective)- The ageless pyramids stood prominently against the sunset.
- This memorial will show our ageless respect to those who died.
- Her ageless face.
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