epoch vs age

epoch and age both are nouns.

epoch is not a verb while age is a verb.

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

As nouns, age is a hyponym of epoch; that is, age is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than epoch:

epoch: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
age: an era of history having some distinctive feature

Other hyponyms of epoch include day, historic period, modern era.

epoch (noun)	age (noun)
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event	how long something has existed
a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages	a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded	a late time of life
	an era of history having some distinctive feature
	a prolonged period of time

epoch (verb)	age (verb)
	grow old or older
	begin to seem older; get older
	make older

Difference between epoch and age

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