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Report vs Annual - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between report and annual

is that report is a piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone while annual is an ; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc, which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.

As a verb report

is (intransitive) to relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).

As a adjective annual is

happening once every year.

report

English

(wikipedia report)

Verb

(en verb)
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-01-01, author=Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore
    • , volume=101, issue=1, page=47–48, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight , passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported
  • (label) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
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  • *:thenne they ansuerd by and by that they coude not excuse the quene // Allas sayd the quene I made this dyner for a good entente / and neuer for none euyl soo almyghty god me help in my ryght as I was neuer purposed to doo suche euylle dedes / and that I reporte me vnto god
  • (label) Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
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  • (label) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
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  • (label) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
  • (label) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
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  • (label) To be accountable.
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  • To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
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  • To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
  • (label) To refer.
  • *(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
  • *:Baldwin, his son,succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description.
  • To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:a church with windows only form above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times

    • Derived terms

    * reporter * underreport

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject.
    • A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 16 , author=Denis Campbell , title=Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients' , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report , which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.}}
  • (ballistics ) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
  • * 1851 ,
    • While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
  • * 1883:
    • ...a pistol-shot, flash and report , came from the hedge-side.
  • an employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager

    • Derived terms

    * (piece of information) on report, report card * (employee) direct report, indirect report

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs 1000 English basic words ----

    annual

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Happening once every year.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Unspontaneous combustion , passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}
  • Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.
  • (botany, of a plant) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial.
  • (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.

    • Synonyms

    * yearly

    Derived terms

    * * * * * * * * * *

    Related terms

    () * biennial * perennial

    See also

    * per annum

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.
    • ''I read the magazine, but I usually don't purchase the annuals .
  • (botany) An ; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial.
    • I can't wait to plant my annuals in the spring.