Instant vs Eyewink - What's the difference?
instant | eyewink |
A very short period of time; a moment.
* She paused for only an instant , which was just enough time for John to change the subject.
A single, usually precise, point in time.
* The instant the alarm went off, he fled the building.
An instant beverage or food, especially instant coffee.
A day of the current month (abbreviated as : )
* In response to your letter of the twenty-first instant...
(dated) Impending; imminent.
* Prior
(dated) Urgent; pressing; acute.
* Bible, Rom. xii. 12
* Carlyle
Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
* Fuller
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Very quickly and easily prepared.
Of the current month (abbreviation inst.).
* “I refer to your letter of the 16th inst. in regard to traffic disruption”
(poetic) At once; immediately.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I.182:
(poetic) An instant, a short moment.
* 1972 , John Ferguson, War and the creative arts: an anthology
* 1993 , Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, The feminine principle in the Sikh vision of the transcendent
The winking of an eye.
* 1943 , Clifford Thomas Morgan, Physiological psychology
* 1951 , Edwin Garrigues Boring, Herbert Sidney Langfeld, Harry Porter Weld, Foundations of psychology
In poetic|lang=en terms the difference between instant and eyewink
is that instant is (poetic) at once; immediately while eyewink is (poetic) an instant, a short moment.As nouns the difference between instant and eyewink
is that instant is a very short period of time; a moment while eyewink is (poetic) an instant, a short moment.As an adjective instant
is (dated) impending; imminent.As an adverb instant
is (poetic) at once; immediately.instant
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Alternative forms
* instaunt (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) and (etyl) instant, from (etyl) ; see state.Adjective
(-)- Impending death is thine, and instant doom.
- Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.
- I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation.
- The instant time is always the fittest time.
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- instant coffee
Derived terms
* instantize, instantise * instantly * instant replayAdverb
(-)- He left the room for his relinquished sword, / And Julia instant to the closet flew.
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Noun
(en noun)- As to age, Bead could not form any clear impression; he might have been twenty, or forty. All of this visual perception occurred in an eyewink of time...
- It vanished out of sight with exceeding speed; Rapid it was; A burst of brilliance which lasted less than an eyewink .
- Dogs were conditioned to give an eyewink to light by pairing a light and a puff of air to the cornea.
- Simply by observing the antecedents to the movement, we can tell, for example, whether an eyewink has occurred voluntarily...
