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Temporarily vs Eternally - What's the difference?

temporarily | eternally |

As adverbs the difference between temporarily and eternally

is that temporarily is for a relatively brief period of time while eternally is for eternity; forever.

temporarily

English

Adverb

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  • for a relatively brief period of time
  • not permanently

    • Related terms

    * temporary

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    eternally

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • For eternity; forever.
  • Unceasingly, recurringly.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1908, author= W. B. M. Ferguson
    • , title= Zollenstein, chapter=1 , passage=The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.}}