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Eternal vs Immortal - What's the difference?

eternal | immortal |

As adjectives the difference between immortal and eternal

is that immortal is not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying while eternal is lasting forever; unending.

As a noun immortal

is one who is not susceptible to death.

eternal

English

Alternative forms

* (chiefly archaic) * (obsolete) * eternall (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Lasting forever; unending.
  • * John Locke
    • to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal
  • * Dryden
    • Fires eternal in thy temple shine.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • (philosophy) existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly
  • (dated) Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.
    • some eternal villain

    Synonyms

    * permanent, sempiternal, endless, everlasting * (existing outside time) timeless, atemporal

    Antonyms

    * ephemeral * sempiternal

    Derived terms

    * eternal life * eternal recurrence * eternal return * eternal triangle * hope springs eternal

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -al ----

    immortal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
  • Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
    • his immortal words
  • Connected with or relating to immortality.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have immortal longings in me.
  • (obsolete) Great; excessive; grievous.
    • (Hayward)

    Synonyms

    * undeadly * deathless * everlasting

    Antonyms

    * mortal

    Derived terms

    * immortality * immortally

    Related terms

    * (never dying) indestructible, unabolishable, unextinguishable * (being always remembered) unerasable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is not susceptible to death.
  • A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
  • A member of the Académie française.
  • (Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon; a wizard.
  • * 1999 , "Corey Crawford", RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.announce )
    • Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals . Immortals do not need experiance(SIC).

    External links

    * (Persian Immortals) *

    Related terms

    * mortal * mortality * mortician ----