decennary vs nineties

nineties vs decennary

decennary and nineties both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decennary	Yes	No	No	No
nineties	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nineties is a hyponym of decennary; that is, nineties is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decennary:

decennary: a period of 10 years
nineties: the decade from 1990 to 1999

Other hyponyms of decennary include 1900s, 1530s, 1920s, twenties, 1820s, 1930s, thirties, 1830s, 1940s, forties, 1840s, 1950s, fifties, 1850s, 1750s, 1960s, sixties, 1860s, 1760s, 1970s, seventies, 1870s, 1770s, 1980s, eighties, 1880s, eighties, 1780s, 1990s, 1890s, 1790s.

decennary (noun)	nineties (noun)
a period of 10 years	the time of life between 90 and 100
	the decade from 1990 to 1999
	the decade from 1890 to 1899

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