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Cent vs Cento - What's the difference?

cent | cento |

As nouns the difference between cent and cento

is that cent is a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ยข while cento is a hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors.

As an abbreviation cent

is century.

cent

English

(wikipedia cent)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (label) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: .
  • (label) A small sum of money.
  • (label) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
  • (label) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
  • (label) A hundredth of a half step.

    • Usage notes

    * Due to the differing plural formats used in European languages, it is common to use the word cent as a plural throughout the Eurozone.

    Synonyms

    * (of a dollar) dollarcent * (of a euro) eurocent * penny

    Related terms

    {{rel3, centennial , centi- , centipede , centurion , century}}

    See also

    * dollar * euro * per cent * two cents

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • century
    • English terms with homophones ----

    cento

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors.
  • * 1915' (Sep), Charles A. Graves, "The Forged Letter of General Lee", ''Southern Historical Society Papers, New Series'' ' 40 , page 124
    • And Captain McCabe says: "I have always regarded the letter as a sort of 'cento' of odds and ends (badly put together) from Lee's genuine letters."
  • * 2007', William Poole, "Out of his Furrow", ''London Review of Books'' ' 29 (3), page 16
    • Paradise Lost'', as Teskey observes, is a ''cento , a vast echo chamber of classical texts, all twisted into new shapes.

    Anagrams

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