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Eon vs Eonothem - What's the difference?

eon | eonothem |

As nouns the difference between eon and eonothem

is that eon is (us) eternity while eonothem is (stratigraphy|geology) the totality of rock strata laid down in the stratigraphic record during a certain eon of the continuous geologic timescale.

eon

English

Alternative forms

* aeon (chiefly British or Gnostic) * (qualifier)

Noun

(wikipedia eon) (en noun)
  • (US) Eternity.
  • A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert L. Dorit , title=Rereading Darwin , volume=100, issue=1, page=23 , magazine= citation , passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
  • (geology) The longest time period used in geology.
  • (US, informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.
    • It's been eons since we last saw each other.
  • A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

    • Derived terms

    * Archean eon * eonian *

    Anagrams

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    eonothem

    English

    (wikipedia eonothem)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (stratigraphy, geology) The totality of rock strata laid down in the stratigraphic record during a certain eon of the continuous geologic timescale.