Retroactive vs Eternal - What's the difference?
As adjectives the difference between retroactive and eternal is that retroactive is while eternal is lasting forever; unending.
retroactive
English
Adjective
(–)
Extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions
See also
*ex post facto
*retrospective
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eternal
English
Adjective
(–)
Lasting forever; unending.
* John Locke
- to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal
* Dryden
- Fires eternal in thy temple shine.
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(philosophy) existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly
(dated) Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.
- some eternal villain
Synonyms
* permanent, sempiternal, endless, everlasting
* (existing outside time) timeless, atemporal
Antonyms
* ephemeral
* sempiternal
Derived terms
* eternal life
* eternal recurrence
* eternal return
* eternal triangle
* hope springs eternal
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