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Ego vs Eco - What's the difference?

ego | eco |

As nouns the difference between ego and eco

is that ego is (the self)the self, especially with a sense of self-importance while eco is a proposed name for the common currency that the West African Monetary Zone plans to introduce in the framework of Economic Community of West African States.

As an adjective eco is

environmentally friendly or sensitive.

As an acronym ECO is

engine cut-off or engine cutoff; a NASA term for when rocket engines are shutdown.

ego

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia ego)
  • (senseid)the self, especially with a sense of self-importance
  • * 1998 ,
    • When every thought absorbs your attention completely, when you are so identified with the voice in your head and the emotions that accompany it that you lose yourself in every thought and every emotion, then you are totally identified with form and therefore in the grip of ego'. ' Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self.
  • (psychology, Freudian) the most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings
  • * 1954 , Calvin S. Hall, “A Primer of Freudian Psychology”
    • In the well adjusted person the ego is the executive of the personality and is governed by the reality principle.

    Derived terms

    * alter ego * (l) * egoism * egoist * egoistic * egoistical * egoistically * (l) * egotism * egotist * egotistic * egotistical * egotistically * ego trip * empirical ego * pure ego * superego * transcendental ego

    See also

    * id * superego

    Anagrams

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    eco

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of ecology

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Environmentally friendly or sensitive.
  • * {{quote-news, 2008, December 28, Lucy Siegle, Why older isn't always wiser, The Observer citation
    • , passage=Except that the smart eco (and fiscal) thing to do is to wait until your current appliance has reached its break-even point

    Etymology 2

    From ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A proposed name for the common currency that the West African Monetary Zone plans to introduce in the framework of Economic Community of West African States.

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