Yearbook vs Encyclopedia - What's the difference?
yearbook | encyclopedia |
a reference book, published annually
(US) A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty
A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with in-depth articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
(dated) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between yearbook and encyclopedia
is that yearbook is a reference book, published annually while encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with in-depth articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.yearbook
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(en noun)encyclopedia
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* (chiefly British) encyclopaedia * (obsolete)Noun
- I only use the library for the encyclopedia , as we’ve got most other books here.
- His life's work was a four-volume encyclopedia of aviation topics.