Eon vs. Era — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Eon and Era
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Eon
An indefinitely long period of time; an age.
Era
An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth. Comparable terms are epoch, age, period, saeculum, aeon (Greek aion) and Sanskrit yuga.
Eon
The longest division of geologic time, containing two or more eras.
Era
A period of time as reckoned from a specific date serving as the basis of its chronological system.
Eon
(US) Eternity.
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Era
A period of time characterized by particular circumstances, events, or personages
The Colonial era of US history.
The Reagan era.
Eon
A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
Era
The longest division of geologic time, made up of one or more periods.
Eon
(geology) The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.
Era
A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
Eon
A long period of time.
It's been eons since we last saw each other.
Era
(geology) A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.
Eon
A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
Era
A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era.
Eon
An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.
The eons of geological time.
Era
A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).
The first century of our era.
Eon
One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being.
Among the higher Æons are Mind, Reason, Power, Truth, and Life.
Era
A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture.
Eon
The longest division of geological time
Era
A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
Eon
An immeasurably long period of time
Era
A major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
Eon
(Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
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