Eve vs. Vigil — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Eve and Vigil
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Eve
Eve (; Hebrew: חַוָּה, Chava /χaˈva/, Tiberian: Ḥawwāh; Arabic: حَوَّاء, romanized: Ḥawwāʾ; Greek: Εὕα, romanized: Heúa; Latin: Eva, Heva; Syriac: ܚܰܘܳܐ romanized: ḥawâ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. According to the origin story of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman, yet some debate within Judaism has also given that position to Lilith.
Vigil
A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning wakefulness (Greek: pannychis, παννυχίς or agrypnia ἀγρυπνία), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word vigilia has become generalized in this sense and means "eve" (as in on the eve of the war).
Eve
The evening or day preceding a special day, such as a holiday.
Vigil
A watch kept during normal sleeping hours.
Eve
The period immediately preceding a certain event
The eve of war.
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Vigil
The act or a period of observing; surveillance.
Eve
Evening.
Vigil
The eve of a religious festival observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise.
Eve
The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
Vigil
Often vigils Ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day.
Eve
Evening, night.
Vigil
A public assembly convened, often at night, as a political protest or in support of a cause.
Eve
(figurative) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
The eve of a scientific discovery
Vigil
An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
Eve
Evening.
Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze.
Vigil
A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.
His dog kept vigil outside the hospital for eight days while he was recovering from an accident.
Eve
The evening before a holiday, - from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at midnight; as, Christmas eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event.
Vigil
The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
Eve
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Vigil
A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.
The protesters kept vigil outside the conference centre in which the party congress was being held.
Eve
The day before;
He always arrives on the eve of her departure
Vigil
Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch.
Nothing wears out a fine face like the vigils of the card table and those cutting passions which attend them.
Eve
The period immediately before something;
On the eve of the French Revolution
Vigil
Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.
So they in heaven their odes and vigils tuned.
Be sober and keep vigil,The Judge is at the gate.
Eve
The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall);
He enjoyed the evening light across the lake
Vigil
Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbors,And say, "To-morrow is St. Crispian."
Vigil
A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
Vigil
A period of sleeplessness
Vigil
A devotional watch (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
Vigil
A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
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