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age vs era

era vs age

age and era both are nouns.

age is a verb but era is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
age Yes No Yes No
era Yes No No No
As nouns, era is a hypernym of age; that is, era is a word with a broader meaning than age:
  • age: an era of history having some distinctive feature
  • era: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
Other hypernyms of age include epoch.
age (noun) era (noun)
how long something has existed a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
a late time of life
an era of history having some distinctive feature
a prolonged period of time
age (verb) era (verb)
grow old or older
begin to seem older; get older
make older
Difference between age and era

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