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Eon vs Century - What's the difference?

eon | century |

As nouns the difference between eon and century

is that eon is eternity while century is a period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100; a yearhundred.

As an initialism EON

is ΕΟΝ, the Greek National Organisation of Youth similar to the Hitler Youth, it was formed before WWII and disbanded in 1941.

eon

English

Alternative forms

* aeon (chiefly British or Gnostic) * (qualifier)

Noun

(wikipedia eon) (en noun)
  • (US) Eternity.
  • A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Robert L. Dorit , title=Rereading Darwin , volume=100, issue=1, page=23 , magazine= citation , passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
  • (geology) The longest time period used in geology.
  • (US, informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.
  • It's been eons since we last saw each other.
  • A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
  • Derived terms

    * Archean eon * eonian *

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    century

    Noun

    (centuries)
  • A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically'' a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the ''twentieth century'', which stretches from (''strictly'') 1901 through 2000, or (''informally'') 1900 through 1999. The ''first century AD was from 1 to 100; a yearhundred.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess), chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
  • A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
  • A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
  • (archaic)  A hundred things; a hundred.
  • *, II.4.2.i:
  • 'tis the subject of whole books: I might cite a century of authors pro'' and ''con .
  • (cricket)  A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
  • (cycling)  A ride 100 kilometres in length.
  • (US, informal)  A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
  • Synonyms

    * yearhundred (very rare) * (Roman army unit) centuria

    Derived terms

    * centuried * century break