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fon | eon |

As nouns the difference between fon and eon

is that fon is a fool or idiot while eon is eternity.

As an adjective fon

is foolish; simple; silly.

As a verb fon

is to be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote.

As a proper noun Fon

is a language of Benin and Togo, specifically, in the southern regions corresponding to the former kingdom of Dahomey. Also known as Fongbe or Fɔngbe, it is part of the Gbe family of West African languages.

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.

fon

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fon, fonne, of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) . More at (m).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rfv-sense) (obsolete) A fool or idiot.
  • * 1579 , Edmund Spender, The Shepheardes Calender: Februarie :
    • Thou art a fon , of thy loue to boste,
    All that is lent to loue, wyll be lost.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rfv-sense) (obsolete) Foolish; simple; silly.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) fonnen, from fon, .

    Verb

    (fonn)
  • (rfv-sense) (obsolete) To be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote.

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
  • * 2008 , Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (ISBN 9956558168), page 71:
    • Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA),
  • * 2010 , Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (ISBN 0810873990), page 53:
    • In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.
  • * 2011 , Society and Change in Bali Nyonga: Critical Perspectives (ISBN 9956579394), page 152:
    • Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and and Bafut into key positions of the party
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    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 *

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