different between forevermore vs eternity

English

Etymology

Blend of forever +? evermore.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f????v.?.m??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f?????v.?.m???/

Adverb

forevermore (not comparable)

1. At any or all times in the future; forever
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. I, Phenomena

     Poor Pope; and I am told he is fast growing bankrupt too; and will, in a measurable term of years (a great way within the ‘three hundred’), not have a penny to make his pot boil! His old rheumatic back will then get to rest; and himself and his stage-properties sleep well in Chaos forevermore.

Usage notes

• In the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth, the spelling for evermore is the usual form. In Canada and the United States, generally only forevermore is used.

Synonyms

• for evermore, eternally, forever, in perpetuity

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• æternity (archaic)
• æternitie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English eternyte, from Old French eternité, eternitez, from Latin aeternit?s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??t??.n?.ti/
• (US) enPR: ?-tûr?n?-t?, IPA^(key): /??t?n?ti/

Noun

eternity (countable and uncountable, plural eternities)

1. (uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time.
2. (uncountable, philosophy) Existence outside of time.
3. (countable) A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future.
4. (metaphysical) The remainder of time that elapses after death.
5. (informal, hyperbolic) A comparatively long time.

Usage notes

• In the sense "a comparatively long time", eternity is always used with the indefinite article (an eternity).
• In philosophy, the common use of eternity to refer to an infinite time is considered incorrect, eternity referring to existence outside of time; existence within time but of an infinite temporal duration is called everlastingness or sempiternity

Synonyms

• (existence outside of time): atemporality, eternal now, extratemporality; see also Thesaurus:timelessness
• (infinite time): all time, perpetuity; see also Thesaurus:eternity
• (time extending infinitely far into the future): evermore, forever, foreverhood
• (remainder of time that elapses after death): afterlife; see also Thesaurus:life after death
• (comparatively long time): an age, ages, centuries, donkey's years, hours, a lifetime, years, yonks; see also Thesaurus:eon

Antonyms

• (existence outside of time): sempiternity

Derived terms

• eternity past
• eternity future

Related terms

• eternal
• eternize

Translations

Anagrams

• entierty, entirety, tenerity