Age and Instant

Age

Age noun - A long or seemingly long period of time.
Usage example: it took ages for the clerk to ring up three items

Instant is an antonym for age in long time topic.

Nearby Words: aged, ageing, ageless, ageism

Instant

Instant noun - A very small space of time.
Usage example: it all happened in an instant

Age is an antonym for instant.

How words are described

right right age right instant
certain certain age certain instant
current current age current instant
original original age original instant
Other adjectives: correct, relative, precise, extreme, next, last.

Both words in one sentence

  • This OVA's American-styled coming-of-age adventure story, thematic similarity to Harry Potter, and high-quality animation made it an instant hit in the U.S.
  • Literature / Emberverse In a single instant, humanity has been, metaphorically, bombed back to the Stone Age.Thus begins Dies the Fire, the first "Novel of the Change" by S.M. Stirling.
  • Lovable Sex Maniac Having grown up to the age of 15 without any sort of human contact, he becomes enamored with the very concept of "boobs" the instant he sees Mio (his female instructor for those 15 years).
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