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Periodic vs Newspaper - What's the difference?

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Periodic is a synonym of newspaper.


As nouns the difference between periodic and newspaper

is that periodic is newspaper while newspaper is (countable) a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.

As a verb newspaper is

to cover with newspaper.

periodic

English

Alternative forms

* periodick (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(-)
  • Relative to a period or periods.
  • Having repeated cycles.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
    • , title=, chapter=1 , passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
  • Occurring at regular intervals.
  • Periodical.
  • (label) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
  • For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.
  • (label) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
  • (label) Relating to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO) of iodine.
    • Antonyms
    * (astronomy) non-periodic * (mathematics) aperiodic
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from periodic) * periodic classification * periodic function * periodic law * periodic system * periodic table
    Related terms
    * period * periodicity

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or derived from a periodic acid.
    • Derived terms
    * periodate * periodic acid English heteronyms ----

    newspaper

    English

    (wikipedia newspaper)

    Noun

  • (countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=18 citation , passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]?  Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers ?}}
  • (uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.

    • Synonyms

    * (publication) daily (for a daily newspaper''), paper, rag (''derogatory ) * (paper on which newspapers are printed) newsprint

    Derived terms

    * newspaperdom * newspaperism

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with newspaper.
    • She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.
  • (transitive) To engage in the business of journalism (usually used only in the gerund, newspapering)
    • He newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towms.
  • (obsolete) to harrass in newspaper articles.
    • He was newspapered out of public life.

    Usage notes

    * The harrass sense is usually in passive constructions. 1000 English basic words