Nation vs Epical - What's the difference?
nation | epical |
An historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
A sovereign state.
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(obsolete) A great number; a great deal.
(rare) Damnation.
(rare, dialectal) Extremely; very
* Mark Twain:
Of or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose.
*2013 , (Thomas Pynchon), Bleeding Edge , Vintage 2014, p. 457:
*:Camp Tewattsirokwas was the brainchild of a Trotskyite couple, the Gimelmans from Cedarhurst, begun back at the time of the Schachtman unpleasantness amid epical all-night screaming matches […].
(literature) Any book containing 2 or more epics.
(poetry) In epic poetry, a lengthy, revered narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
As nouns the difference between nation and epical
is that nation is an historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture or nation can be (rare) damnation while epical is (literature) any book containing 2 or more epics.As an adverb nation
is (rare|dialectal) extremely; very.As an adjective epical is
of or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose.nation
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Fantasy of navigation, passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]:
- a nation of herbs
- (Sterne)
Usage notes
* (British) Following the establishment of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, England, Scotland and Wales are normally considered distinct nations. Application of the term nation to the United Kingdom as a whole is deprecated in most style guides, including the BBC, most newspapers and in UK Government publications. Northern Ireland, being of less clear legal status, generally remains a province.Synonyms
* thede * (an association of students) student nationDerived terms
* First Nations * Ford Nation * national * nationality * nation building * nation-state * student nation * United NationsSee also
* country * culture * homeland * ethnicity * people * race * society * state * thedeEtymology 2
Probably short for (m).Noun
Adverb
- I'm nation sorry for you.