alternity

As nouns the difference between terms and alternity

is that terms is while alternity is (archaic) alternation.

As nouns the difference between alterity and alternity

is that alterity is otherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed while alternity is alternation.

As nouns the difference between alternate and alternity

is that alternate is that which alternates with something else; vicissitude while alternity is alternation.

As an adjective alternate

is being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

As a verb alternate

is to perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

As nouns the difference between alternation and alternity

is that alternation is the reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear while alternity is alternation.