WordCmp.com

Christian year vs year

year vs Christian year

Christian year and year both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Christian year Yes No No No
year Yes No No No
As nouns, year is a hypernym of Christian year; that is, year is a word with a broader meaning than Christian year:
  • Christian year: the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons
  • year: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
Other hypernyms of Christian year include twelvemonth, yr.
Christian year (noun) year (noun)
the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons a body of students who graduate together
the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity
Difference between Christian year and year

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.