Aeon, Eon, Ion, Ionian

For there exists a great and boundless aeon, whose extent no generation of angels could see, in which is the great invisible Spirit, which no eye of an angel has ever seen, no thought of the heart has ever comprehended, and it was never called by any name.” –RodolpheKasser

Aeon and eon are used interchangeably but preferences exist in their usage and context which means long time ago, a time when one human being was around, a large block or stretch of time; the longest division of a geological time; a time span that is almost immeasurable.

Eon (noun) means an indefinite time (she lived here eons ago meaning long time ago that almost no one remembers), very long period of time; an age; the longest division of geological time which contains two or more eras.

He travelled there eons ago! Here eons refer to the person reaching the destination long time ago, ahead of others, before anyone would have had expected.

Russia (former USSR) was able to place satellites into the orbits eons ago (before many other countries did that).

Philosophically, in Neoplatonism, Platonism, and in Gnosticism, eon refers to a power that is there and existing from eternity, an emanation of the supreme deity’s power, a pervasive power
Geologists prefer to use eon, half a billion years ago, in the place of aeon, so is the case in American English. Also, aeon is used in contexts that is not scientific or technical.

In digital age, no one have to wait for aeons to know about something, to see something or everything with a touch on a screen of the mobile phone.

Aeonian (eonian) is an adjective meaning something continuing forever and ever, stretching indefinitely, eternal; and relating to a geological eon which is longer than an era.

The alternative spelling of aeonian is aeonic.

Ion is an electrically charged particle either positive or negative, an atom or molecule that has gained or lost electrons. Ion forms compound nouns: ion beam (ions moving in a direction at the same speed), ion carrier, ion channel (a protein that penetrates a cell membrane and prevents the passage of specific ions – ion channelopathy is an inherited disease).

Ionian is an adjective and a noun. Ionian was the inhabitant of the Greek island of Attica and in the regions of Ionia; someone or something pertaining to Ionia, Ionians, Ionian region.

Ionian is one of the four linguistic division s of the pre-historic Greeks.

Ionian Sea is one of the arms of the Mediterranean Sea located between western Greece and southern Italy.

By: Kovuuri G Reddy