Era vs Anachronism - What's the difference?
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A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
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(geology) A unit of time, smaller than .
A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
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As nouns the difference between era and anachronism
is that era is era, age while anachronism is a chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.era
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}
citation, passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}
Synonyms
* (time period of indeterminate length) age, epoch, period * See alsoDerived terms
* (geological time unit)Coordinate terms
*Anagrams
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(wikipedia anachronism)Noun
(en noun)- His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he was an anachronism .