Olympiad vs Olympic Games

Olympic Games vs Olympiad

Olympiad and Olympic Games both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Olympiad	Yes	No	No	No
Olympic Games	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Olympiad and Olympic Games are synonyms defined as:

Olympiad and Olympic Games: the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country

Other synonyms of Olympiad include Olympics.

Olympiad (noun)	Olympic Games (noun)
the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country	the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC
one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC	the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country

Difference between Olympiad and Olympic Games

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