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literary period vs age

age vs literary period

literary period and age both are nouns.

literary period is not a verb while age is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
literary period Yes No No No
age Yes No Yes No
As nouns, age is a hypernym of literary period; that is, age is a word with a broader meaning than literary period:
  • literary period: A time and place characterized by an assemblage of interrelated cultural, societal, ideological, technological, historic, and other trends in which related groups of authors wrote.
  • age: an era of history having some distinctive feature
Other hypernyms of literary period include historic period.
literary period (noun) age (noun)
A time and place characterized by an assemblage of interrelated cultural, societal, ideological, technological, historic, and other trends in which related groups of authors wrote. how long something has existed
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
a late time of life
an era of history having some distinctive feature
a prolonged period of time
literary period (verb) age (verb)
grow old or older
begin to seem older; get older
make older
Difference between literary period and age

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