duration vs period

period vs duration

duration and period both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
duration	Yes	No	No	No
period	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, period is a hypernym of duration; that is, period is a word with a broader meaning than duration:

duration: the period of time during which something continues
period: an amount of time

Other hypernyms of duration include period of time, time period.

duration (noun)	period (noun)
continuance in time	a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
the property of enduring or continuing in time	the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
the period of time during which something continues	an amount of time
	the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
	a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
	the end or completion of something
	(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games

Difference between duration and period

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