decade vs 1970s

1970s vs decade

decade and 1970s both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decade	Yes	No	No	No
1970s	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, 1970s is a hyponym of decade; that is, 1970s is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decade:

decade: a period of 10 years
1970s: the decade from 1970 to 1979

Other hyponyms of decade include 1900s, 1530s, 1920s, twenties, 1820s, 1930s, thirties, 1830s, 1940s, forties, 1840s, 1950s, fifties, 1850s, 1750s, 1960s, sixties, 1860s, 1760s, seventies, 1870s, 1770s, 1980s, eighties, 1880s, eighties, 1780s, 1990s, nineties, 1890s, nineties, 1790s.

decade (noun)	1970s (noun)
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system	the decade from 1970 to 1979
a period of 10 years

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