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Era vs Err - What's the difference?

era | err |

As a noun era

is a time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.

As a verb err is

to make a mistake.

era

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=6 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.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Philip E. Mirowski , title=Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits , volume=100, issue=1, page=87 , magazine= 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.}}
  • (geology) A unit of time, smaller than .
  • Synonyms

    * (time period of indeterminate length) age, epoch, period * See also

    Derived terms

    * (geological time unit)

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    err

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a mistake.
  • * '>citation
  • Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
  • To sin.
  • (archaic) to stray.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * err on the side of * err on the side of caution * erroneous * error * to err is human