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Topical vs Yearly - What's the difference?

topical | yearly |

As adjectives the difference between topical and yearly

is that topical is of current interest; contemporary while yearly is happening once every year.

As nouns the difference between topical and yearly

is that topical is (pharmacology) a topical anaesthetic while yearly is something that is published once a year.

As an adverb yearly is

once a year.

topical

English

Adjective

(wikipedia topical) (en adjective)
  • Of current interest; contemporary.
    • ''Fair trade has become quite a topical subject.
  • local to a particular place
  • (medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.
  • Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.

    • Antonyms

    * systemic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic.

    • Anagrams

    * * *

    yearly

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Happening once every year.
    • a yearly income
    Christmas is a yearly celebration.

    Synonyms

    * annual * per annum * perennial

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Once a year.
  • Every year.

    • Synonyms

    * annually * perennially

    Noun

    (yearlies)
  • Something that is published once a year.