Yearly vs Yearlong - What's the difference?
yearly | yearlong |
Happening once every year.
Once a year.
Every year.
Something that is published once a year.
Lasting one year, or approximately so; of or relating to a timespan of one year.
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Which lasts throughout every year; which is not seasonal
* 1957 , United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs:
* 2002 , Barbara Taylor and P. David Pearson, Teaching reading: effective schools, accomplished teachers , page 37:
Per year (mostly used to discuss animal farming)
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Throughout every year; not seasonally
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As adjectives the difference between yearly and yearlong
is that yearly is happening once every year while yearlong is lasting one year, or approximately so; of or relating to a timespan of one year.As adverbs the difference between yearly and yearlong
is that yearly is once a year while yearlong is per year (mostly used to discuss animal farming).As a noun yearly
is something that is published once a year.yearly
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Adjective
(-)- a yearly income
- Christmas is a yearly celebration.
Synonyms
* annual * per annum * perennialAdverb
(-)Synonyms
* annually * perenniallyNoun
(yearlies)yearlong
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Alternative forms
* year-longAdjective
(-)- Yearlong manning is needed, although at a somewhat reduced level from the peak periods in the fall.
- During interviews, teachers and/or principals in three of the four most effective schools cited a yearlong staff development effort.