Is the Big Bang Theory Confusing the Concept of Singularity and Black Holes?

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The discussion highlights confusion between the concepts of singularity in the context of the Big Bang Theory (BBT) and black holes. The BBT posits that the universe originated from a singularity and began expanding rapidly, but the time required for a singularity to evaporate is much longer than the universe's age. This raises questions about the nature of singularities, suggesting that the term may be misapplied when discussing the Big Bang versus black holes. The distinction is made between a point of compressed mass in space (black hole singularity) and the all-encompassing singularity associated with the BBT. Clarity in these definitions is crucial for understanding the origins and structure of the universe.
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According to the research I have conducted on the internet (google), I have found that according to the BB Theory, the universe began expanding in extremely short intervals of time. Also, I have learned that the BBT says that the universe was supposed to have originated from a singularity.

Now here is my problem. It takes 10^49 (I think; if that is incorrect, the point is that it takes billions of years..) for a singularity to have fully evoporated. That is older than the universe, and defintely older than the extremely short intervals of time. I must get going now, but I hope you all understand my problem here without my restating my points.
 
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An "evaporating singularity" in that time frame sounds like a Black Hole singularity...which is very different thing than the "singularity" which is frequently discussed as the Big Bang seed. So it seems that you are confusing a point-of-compressed-mass-in-space with all-space. The Big Bang was the extremely rapid expansion of space that marks the beginning of our universe. A Black Hole is a collection of matter compressed down to a point.
 

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