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Seasonal vs Autumnal - What's the difference?

seasonal | autumnal | Hypernyms |

Seasonal is a hypernym of autumnal.


As adjectives the difference between seasonal and autumnal

is that seasonal is of, related to or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics while autumnal is of or relating to autumn.

As a noun seasonal

is anything that is seasonal, such as a financial trend, a product for sale, or an employee.

seasonal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, related to or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.
  • :It is a seasonal swimming pool.

    • Antonyms

    * unseasonal

    Derived terms

    * seasonal affective disorder

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that is seasonal, such as a financial trend, a product for sale, or an employee.

    • autumnal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to autumn.
  • Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
  • * 1850 , Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter :
    • "The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen, but merciful over-much,--that is a truth," added a third autumnal matron.

    Hypernyms

    * (of or relating to autumn) seasonal

    Coordinate terms

    * (pertaining to seasons) spring, vernal; summer (summery), aestival/estival; winter (wintry), hibernal, brumal

    Derived terms

    * aestivoautumnal, estivoautumnal * autumnal equinox * autumnal hawkbit * autumnally * autumnal moth * autumnal point * autumnal signs * autumnal star * Russian autumnal encephalitis *