epoch vs date

epoch and date both are nouns.

epoch is not a verb while date is a verb.

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

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

epoch: (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
date: the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred

epoch (noun)	date (noun)
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event	sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages	a meeting arranged in advance
(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded	a participant in a date
	the specified day of the month
	the present
	the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
	a particular day specified as the time something happens

epoch (verb)	date (verb)
	assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
	provide with a dateline; mark with a date
	stamp with a date
	go on a date with
	date regularly; have a steady relationship with

Difference between epoch and date

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