Eon vs Timeline - What's the difference?
eon | timeline |
(US) Eternity.
A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
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(geology) The longest time period used in geology.
(US, informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.
A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
a graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future); a chronology
a schedule of activities; a timetable
To analyse a sequence of events or activities.
To display such a sequence graphically.
As nouns the difference between eon and timeline
is that eon is eternity while timeline is a graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future); a chronology.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.As a verb timeline is
to analyse a sequence of events or activities.eon
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Alternative forms
* aeon (chiefly British or Gnostic) * (qualifier)Noun
(wikipedia eon) (en noun)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.}}
- It's been eons since we last saw each other.
