different between zeon vs eon

English

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ???? (zéon, “zeon; boiling”), from Ancient Greek ??? (zé?, “boil”).

Noun

zeon (uncountable)

1. the hot water added to the chalice by the priest during the Byzantine Eucharist to commemorate the water that flowed from the crucified Christ's side when pierced by the spear

Anagrams

• Enzo, Zeno, noze, zone

English

Alternative forms

• aeon (chiefly British or Gnostic)
• æon (dated, chiefly British or Gnostic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n, “age”).

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?i?.?n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?.?n/, /?i?.?n/
  • Homophone: Ian
• (General Australian)

Noun

eon (plural eons)

1. (US) Eternity.
2. A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
3. (geology) The longest time period used in geology.
4. (US, informal, hyperbolic) A long period of time.

   It's been eons since we last saw each other.

5. (Gnosticism, usually spelled aeon or æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

Derived terms

• Archean eon
• eonian
• eonic
• Hadean eon
• Phanerozoic eon
• Proterozoic eon
• temporal æon

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• -one, NEO, NOE, Neo, Noe, eno-, neo, neo-, one

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n, “age”).

Noun

eon n (definite singular eonet, indefinite plural eon or eoner, definite plural eona or eonene)

1. eon; eternity
2. (geology) eon, aeon
3. (informal, hyperbolically) eon
4. A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
5. (Gnosticism) eon

References

• “eon” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n, “age”).

Noun

eon n (definite singular eonet, indefinite plural eon, definite plural eona)

1. eon; eternity
2. (geology) eon, aeon
3. (informal, hyperbolically) eon
4. A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
5. (Gnosticism) eon

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (ai?n, “age”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?n/

Noun

eon m inan

1. era

   Synonyms: wiek, era

2. (geology) aeon (geological time period)
3. (Gnosticism) aeon (being emanating from the Godhead)

Declension

Further reading

• eon in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• eon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French éon

Noun

eon m (plural eoni)

1. eon

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?n/
• Hyphenation: e?on

Noun

è?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. eon

Declension

Swedish

Noun

eon c

1. eon; eternity
2. (geology) eon

Declension

Anagrams

• Neo