efflorescence vs period

period vs efflorescence

efflorescence and period both are nouns.

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

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

efflorescence: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
period: an amount of time

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

efflorescence (noun)	period (noun)
a powdery deposit on a surface	a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms	the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
any red eruption of the skin	an amount of time
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity	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

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