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Marathon vs Postmarathon - What's the difference?

marathon | postmarathon |

As a noun marathon

is a 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.

As a proper noun Marathon

is a town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.

As an adjective postmarathon is

after a marathon.

marathon

English

(wikipedia marathon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.
  • (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.
    • He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.

    Derived terms

    * marathoner * half marathon * ultramarathon

    References

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    postmarathon

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • after a marathon
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 18, author=, title=Letters to the Editor, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Re After Completing Marathon, a Runner Dies in His Home, Nov. 7: Dr. Jeffrey Moses, in commenting upon the postmarathon death of Dr. Matthew P. Hardy, said: When you exercise, your blood gets stickier. }}