What is the difference between year and decade?
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The time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
(by extension) The time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body.
A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar.
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(sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
A level or grade in school or college.
The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
A series or group of ten things.
A period of ten years.
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(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.
Decade is a related term of year.
As nouns the difference between year and decade
is that year is the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference) while decade is a series or group of ten things.year
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete) * (obsolete)Noun
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Synonyms
* (one revolution of the Sun by the Earth) twelvemonth * (time to make one revolution by any body) anomalistic year, Gaussian year, sidereal year, tropical year * (period between set dates) calendar year, civil year, legal year * (specific uses) fiscal year, liturgical year, school yearDerived terms
* calendar year * civil year * dog year * donkey's years * fiscal year * gap year * golden years * in the year of our Lord * in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ * last year * leap year * legal year * liturgical year * on in years * school year * sidereal year * sunset years * the year dot * twilight years * yearbook * year by year * year-end * year-long * year of our Lord * year of our Lord Jesus Christ * -year-old * year-round * yearhundred * yearling * yearly * yesteryearSee also
* day * week * monthStatistics
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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.
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- 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.
