Temporary vs Momentary - What's the difference?
temporary | momentary |
Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.
One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.
for only a moment.
Happening at every moment; perpetual.
Ephemeral or relatively short-lived.
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, Yet oh! what an immense difference did I feel between this impression of a pleasure merely animal, and struck out of the collision of the sexes by a passive bodily effect, from that sweet fury, that rage of active delight which crowns the enjoyments of a mutual love-passion, where two hearts, tenderly and truly united, club to exalt the joy, and give it a spirit and soul that bids defiance to that end which mere momentary desires generally terminate in, when they die of a surfeit of satisfaction!}}
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Momentary is a synonym of temporary.
As adjectives the difference between temporary and momentary
is that temporary is not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time while momentary is lasting for only a moment.As a noun temporary
is one serving for a limited time; short-term employee.temporary
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* See alsoNoun
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* tempmomentary
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(en adjective)citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,