What is the difference between century and year?
century | year |
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.
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, 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.
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(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.
The time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
(by extension) The time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body.
A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar.
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, title= A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
(sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
A level or grade in school or college.
The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
Year is a related term of century.
As nouns the difference between century and year
is that century is 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 while year is the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).century
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(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 .
Synonyms
* yearhundred (very rare) * (Roman army unit) centuriaDerived terms
* centuried * century breakStatistics
* 1000 English basic wordsyear
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete) * (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia year) (en noun)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, 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.}}