Enoch vs Epoch - What's the difference?
enoch | epoch |
In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.
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The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
(rare) of biblical origin.
* 1864 Alfred Tennyson: Enoch Arden :
A particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy.
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A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period.
(astronomy) A precise instant of time that is used as a reference point.
(computing, uncountable) A precise instant of time that is used as a reference point (e.g. January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).
As a proper noun Enoch
is in the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.As a noun epoch is
a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy.enoch
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(wikipedia Enoch)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
- Enoch was the son of Awan and Cain; and was Noah's great grandfather.
- There Enoch spoke no word to any one,
- But homeward - home - what home? had he a home? -
- He walked.
Anagrams
*epoch
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Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
