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Autumn vs Autumntime - What's the difference?

autumn | autumntime |

As nouns the difference between autumn and autumntime

is that autumn is traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere while autumntime is (rare) The period or season of autumn.

As an adjective autumn

is of or relating to autumn.

As a proper noun Autumn

is {{given name|female|from=English}} of modern usage, from the name of the season.

autumn

English

(wikipedia autumn)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
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  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}

    Usage notes

    (season name spelling)

    Synonyms

    * fall

    Derived terms

    * autumn-bells * autumn colors, autum colours * autumn crocus * autumn equinox * (Autumnfest) * autumn fever * autumn-fly * (Autumn Harvest Uprising) * autumn ice * autumnise, autumnize * autumn leaf color, autumn leaf colour * autumn meadowhawk * autumn olive * autumn pumpkin * autumn rustic * autumn skullcap * autumn sneezeweed * autumn-spring * autumn term * autumn-time * autumny * (German Autumn) * (Hot Autumn) * mid-autumn

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to autumn.
  • :
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  • *:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
  • autumntime

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) The period or season of autumn.