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moment | forever |

As nouns the difference between moment and forever

is that moment is moment or moment can be momentum while forever is an extremely long time.

As an adverb forever is

(duration) for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time.

moment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A brief, unspecified amount of time.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author= Sam Leith
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where the profound meets the profane , passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}
  • The smallest portion of time; an instant.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
  • Weight or importance.
  • * 1597 , (William Shakespeare), , 3,7,67:
    • In deep designs, in matter of great moment , / No less importing than our general good.
  • * 1904 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), (The Adventure of the Second Stain) , (Norton 2005, p.1192)
    • The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment .
  • The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.
  • (label) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
  • (label) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
  • (label) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.
  • (label) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.

    • Synonyms

    * (brief span of time) (l), (l), (l) * (physics) moment of force

    Derived terms

    * aha moment * at a moment's notice * at the moment * at this moment in time * blonde moment * branding moment * dipole moment * driveway moment * eureka moment * London moment * magnetic moment * moist moment * momentarily * momentary * moment of force * moment of inertia * moment of silence * moment of truth * on the spur of the moment * polar moment of inertia * second moment of area * second moment of inertia * senior moment * seismic moment * single-minded branding moment * spur-of-the-moment * spur of the moment * tumbleweed moment

    Related terms

    * torque

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    References

    * 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language , v 3 p 3174. ("The smallest portion of time; an instant." is a direct quote from this Dictionary.)

    External links

    * (wikipedia "moment") 1000 English basic words ----

    forever

    English

    Alternative forms

    * for ever

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (duration) for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time.
    • ''I shall love you forever .
  • * 1839 , Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
    • Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever , unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
  • (duration, colloquial) for a very long time, 'an' eternity.
    • ''We had to wait forever to get inside.
  • (frequency) constantly or frequently.
    • ''You are forever nagging me.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
    • Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.

    Usage notes

    * In the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth, the spelling for ever'' may be used instead of ''forever'' for the senses "for all time" and "for a long time". In Canada and the United States, generally only ''forever is used, regardless of sense.

    Synonyms

    * always * continually * eternally * evermore * for good * forevermore * for ever more * incessantly * until Kingdom come

    Derived terms

    * foreverness

    Related terms

    * everlasting * every * everyday * never * nevermore * whatever * whenever * whoever

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An extremely long time.
  • *
  • * 2007 , Ruth O'Callaghan, Where acid has etched
    • In the airport, holiday lovers kiss, mouth forevers , the usual argot betrays you. Desire makes love dull.
  • (colloquial) a mythical time in the infinite future that will never come.
    • ''Sure, I'd be happy to meet with you on the 12th of forever .