Cycle
Cycle noun - A long or seemingly long period of time.
Usage example: years, centuries, and cycles will pass before I budge on that issue
Instant
Instant noun - A very small space of time.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The Weis/Hickman series The Death Gate Cycle features 'instant' glowing runes in the air when Greater Magic is being worked.
Source: Instant Runes -
The Zenith Caste have the innate ability to deal hideous amounts of damage to the undead, as well as the ability to touch a corpse and grant it an instant cremation, ensuring the corpse won't rise as a zombie and the higher soul will enter the cycle of reincarnation.
Source: Turn Undead -
The Death Gate Cycle: Two races of rune-wielding demigods exists: The Sartans, who inscribe Instant Runes by moving their hands and feet - essentially 'dancing' the magic out; and the Patryns who follow this trope.
Source: Human Notepad
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