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No more confusion between Eponym and Epoch. Meanings and sentences of these GRE words are described with images.
Eponym: the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); the person for whom something is named
[Alexandria, Egypt is an eponym because it is named after Alexander the Great.]
Epoch: a particular time in history or a person's life; a division of time that is a subdivision of a period, and is itself subdivided into ages, corresponding to a series in chrono-stratigraphy
[Einstein's theory marked a new epoch in mathematics.]
- Down's syndrome which causes physical and mental developmental delays and disabilities in children, is an eponym for the English physician John Down. Scientists are trying to invent a way to cure it which has triggered an epoch of genetic manipulation.
- Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era which is the epoch of the golden age in English history.
Eponym: the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); the person for whom something is named
[Alexandria, Egypt is an eponym because it is named after Alexander the Great.]
Epoch: a particular time in history or a person's life; a division of time that is a subdivision of a period, and is itself subdivided into ages, corresponding to a series in chrono-stratigraphy
[Einstein's theory marked a new epoch in mathematics.]
- Down's syndrome which causes physical and mental developmental delays and disabilities in children, is an eponym for the English physician John Down. Scientists are trying to invent a way to cure it which has triggered an epoch of genetic manipulation.
- Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era which is the epoch of the golden age in English history.
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