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Sagan vs Saga - What's the difference?

sagan | saga |

As nouns the difference between sagan and saga

is that sagan is (sagan) while saga is saga.

sagan

English

Alternative forms

*sagan

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, humorous) A unit of measurement equal to at least four billion.

    • References

    * Sagan'' at dictionary.reference.com (''Jargon File ) * William Safire, ON LANGUAGE; Footprints on the Infobahn, New York Times , April 17, 1994 * Carl Sagan, Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium , Random House, 1997

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    saga

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
  • Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Blackburn 0-4 Man City , passage=Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}

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