decennium vs eighties

eighties vs decennium

decennium and eighties both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decennium	Yes	No	No	No
eighties	Yes	No	No	No

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

decennium: a period of 10 years
eighties: the decade from 1980 to 1989

Other hyponyms of decennium 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, 1880s, 1780s, 1990s, nineties, 1890s, nineties, 1790s.

decennium (noun)	eighties (noun)
a period of 10 years	the time of life between 80 and 90
	the decade from 1980 to 1989
	the decade from 1880 to 1889

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