What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Oblivion vs Obeyance - What's the difference?

oblivion | obeyance |

As nouns the difference between oblivion and obeyance

is that oblivion is the state of forgetfulness or distraction; fig confused while obeyance is obedience or obeyance can be (nonstandard) abeyance.

As a verb oblivion

is to consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.

oblivion

English

(wikipedia oblivion)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state of forgetfulness or distraction; fig. confused
  • The state of being completely forgotten.
  • A state of permanent unconsciousness existing after death; fig. A state of nonexistence or nothingness
  • fig. a wasteland; a supernatural realm of waste, like hell ~ I will cast them into oblivion! Close shut the gates of oblivion! He found him in a desert land, in the oblivion, a howling wilderness.

    • Related terms

    * oblivious

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * resurrection

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.

    • External links

    * * * ----

    obeyance

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (-)
  • obedience
  • *{{quote-book, year=1829, author=Various, title=The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Poor fellow! how happy would a companion make you, to whom you could relate your battles, bouts, and courtships; but mum is the order, and Jack is used to an implicit obeyance of head-quarter orders. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1912, author=W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell, title=Flying Machines, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=One of the instructions given by experienced aviators to pupils, and for which they insist upon implicit obeyance , is: "If your machine gets more than 30 feet high, or comes closer to the ground than 6 feet, descend at once." }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1962, author=Harry Harrison, title=Planet of the Damned, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The tall soldiers of Nyjord moved in ready obeyance of their commander. }}

    Etymology 2

    Misspelling or alteration of abeyance, by association with obey.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonstandard) abeyance
  • *{{quote-book, year=1897, author=Dorothy Quigley, title=What Dress Makes of Us, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The disfiguring wrinkles that make many necks unsightly may be kept in obeyance by massaging. }}