Decade vs Years - What's the difference?
decade | years |
A series or group of ten things.
A period of ten years.
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* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 481:
(Roman Catholicism) A series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary.
(physics, engineering) The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1.
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* 1981 , May 5 1718-PDT, Jim McGrath, Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups: fa.sf-lovers , said with a smile at an awards ceremony in the Pennsylvania state Capitol
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (colloquial, hyperbole) An unusually long time.
As nouns the difference between decade and years
is that decade is period of ten days (such as the week in the ) while years is .decade
English
Noun
(en noun)- a decade of soldiers
- The repeated exposure, over decades , to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
citation, passage=Thru May: 1920s — The Decade That Roared. New exhibition portraying historical events and everyday life during the Roaring Twenties.}}
citation, passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades .}}
- The year was divided up into twelve months renamed after the seasons [...]; each month comprised three ‘decades ’ of ten days – with the décadi replacing Sundays as a day of rest; and each day was reconsecrated to a natural product or farming tool or technique.
- There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003.
Usage notes
Unlike centuries or millennia (which properly run from xxx1 to xxx0), decades are an informal unit generally taken to run from xxx0 to xxx9. That is, the first century began in the year 1 and ended in the year 100 but the Nineties are those years whose name includes the word "ninety": '90, '91, '92...Synonyms
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English
Noun
(head)- It will be a shorter book and it will not start four million years ago.
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In the News, passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}