decennium vs forties

forties vs decennium

decennium and forties both are nouns.

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

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

decennium: a period of 10 years
forties: the decade from 1940 to 1949

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

decennium (noun)	forties (noun)
a period of 10 years	the time of life between 40 and 50
	the decade from 1940 to 1949

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