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Yearly vs Biyearly - What's the difference?

yearly | biyearly |

As adjectives the difference between yearly and biyearly

is that yearly is happening once every year while biyearly is occurring every two years; biennial.

As adverbs the difference between yearly and biyearly

is that yearly is once a year while biyearly is every two years; biennially.

As a noun yearly

is something that is published once a year.

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.

    • biyearly

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring every two years; biennial
  • Occurring twice per year; biannual

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • Every two years; biennially
  • Twice per year; biannually