day vs epoch

day and epoch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
day	Yes	No	No	No
epoch	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, epoch is a hypernym of day; that is, epoch is a word with a broader meaning than day:

day: an era of existence or influence
epoch: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

Other hypernyms of day include era.

day (noun)	epoch (noun)
a period of opportunity	a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis	a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance	(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
a point or period in time
the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)
an era of existence or influence
the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis

Difference between day and epoch

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