geologic time vs period

period vs geologic time

geologic time and period both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
geologic time	Yes	No	No	No
period	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, period is a hyponym of geologic time; that is, period is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than geologic time:

geologic time: the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
period: a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed

Other hyponyms of geologic time include aeon, eon, geological period, era, geological era, epoch.

geologic time (noun)	period (noun)
the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)	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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