Era vs Erf - What's the difference?
era | erf |
A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
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(geology) A unit of time, smaller than .
A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement.
(math) error function
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As nouns the difference between era and erf
is that era is era, age while erf is inheritance; patrimony or erf can be a small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement or erf can be (math) error function.era
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* (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.}}
