According to Mayo Clinic, Down syndrome causes a distinct facial appearance, intellectual disability, developmental delays, and may be associated with thyroid or heart disease in a person. So calling people with this syndrome 'Mongoloid' is extremely vulgar and disrespectful to ethnic Mongolians. Likewise, how will the population react if Down Syndrome was associated with 'European' looks? If you use this term, you are automatically a xenophobic, in my opinion.
If any difference is noteworthy, it would probably be that an age is usually between two times, e.g. 1290-1450AD, whereas an era is less set - but that isn't a rule, its just a matter of usage. Synonyms would be epoch, or eon. Source(s):
The Age of Reform ââ'âs final section stretches from Progressivism's end through the New Deal. Reformations have an interesting relationship with wars in that the aftermath of war is usually a time of conservatism.Such was the case after World War I, which heralded the death of Progressivism.is method of order accommodates the reader in that each reform is divided into chapters that are then divided into specific sections. By dividing up the material into smaller portions, the main points are easily accessed. The Age of Reform is a candid approach to the reforms from the period 1890-1941.