Central vs Century - What's the difference?
central | century |
Being in the centre.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-27, volume=408, issue=8846, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Being the most important.
Having or containing the centre of something.
Being very important, or key to something.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=September 7, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically'' a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the ''twentieth century'', which stretches from (''strictly'') 1901 through 2000, or (''informally'') 1900 through 1999. The ''first century AD was from 1 to 100; a yearhundred.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess), chapter=Foreword * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
(archaic) A hundred things; a hundred.
*, II.4.2.i:
(cricket) A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
(cycling) A ride 100 kilometres in length.
(US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
As an adjective central
is being in the centre.As a noun century is
a period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically'' a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, eg, the ''twentieth century'', which stretches from (''strictly'') 1901 through 2000, or (''informally'') 1900 through 1999 the ''first century ad was from 1 to 100; a yearhundred.central
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Putting down roots, passage=The plantoid
Moldova 0-5 England, passage=Cleverley was a central figure as England took the lead inside three minutes. He saw his shot handled by Moldovan defender Simion Bulgaru and Lampard drilled home the penalty in trademark fashion.}}
Derived terms
* central bank * central heating * central locking * centralisation * centralise * centrally * centralnesscentury
English
(wikipedia century)Noun
(centuries)citation, passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
- 'tis the subject of whole books: I might cite a century of authors pro'' and ''con .