Contemporary 와 Modern 단어의 차이점

 1. 우선, Merriam Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary에 의하면,

1-1. Contemporary 라는 단어의 설명이, adj [com- + L tempor-, tempus] 어원 설명과 함께  (1631) ... 로 시작하는데, 여기서 (1631)은 처음 이 단어가 쓰이기 시작한 것이 1631년이라는 설명입니다.

 1-2. Modern 이라는 단어의 설명은, adj [LL modernus, fr L modo, just now, fr. modus, measure - more at METE] (1585)... 로 시작하는데, 이 단어는 1585년에 처음으로 쓰이기 시작한 것이라는 설명입니다.

 주: 년대(Dates)에 대한 더 자세한 설명은 위 사전의 앞부분에 있는, Explanatory Notes (제 17쪽)을 읽어 보시면 되겠습니다. 

 그러나, 이 사전에 있는 두 단어의 설명으로는 부족하므로, 다음의 사전을 들여다 보았습니다.

 2. Modern Guide to Synonyms and related words 사전(출판사: Funk & Wagnalls, 저자: S.I. Hayakawa 및 Funk & Wagnalls 편집진, 출판년도: 1968)에 의하면 다음과 같습니다.

modern, contemporary, current, present-day, recent, timely

These words refer to what is new or to what exists now. Modern suggests a historical division of time including the present and what has gone immediately before it; this can be a comparatively long or short period. [The discovery of America in 1492 demarcates medieval from modern history; Several modern schools of painting were unheard of in the 1920's.] Modern may also distinguish something in vogue from something old-fashioned, or a present period from an older one: modern furniture that looked strange against the Renaissance flavor of the room's architectural details. Like modern, contemporary may be used to refer to a historical division that includes the present, but it usually suggests a much narrower slice of time than modern: the trends in modern times that have culminated in certain contemporary attitudes. On the other hand, contemporary can suggest the mere fact of present existence, while modern can suggest something new or vital in spirit: a contemporary but hardly modern thinker. Present-day suggest an even narrower slice of time that contempory but is most often used simply as classification rather than in implying a positive or negative judgment about value: arguing that present-day taste was evenly split between modern and traditional styles. 이하 생략.
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즉, 생활성가를 CCM으로 부르는 것은 합당하나, CCM을 "현대교회음악"이라고 번역하는 것은 아닙니다.