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fortnight vs period

period vs fortnight

fortnight and period both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fortnight Yes No No No
period Yes No No No
As nouns, period is a hypernym of fortnight; that is, period is a word with a broader meaning than fortnight:
  • fortnight: a period of fourteen consecutive days
  • period: an amount of time
Other hypernyms of fortnight include period of time, time period.
fortnight (noun) period (noun)
a period of fourteen consecutive days a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
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
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