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lunar year vs year

year vs lunar year

lunar year and year both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lunar year Yes No No No
year Yes No No No
As nouns, year is a hypernym of lunar year; that is, year is a word with a broader meaning than lunar year:
  • lunar year: a period of 12 lunar months
  • year: the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
lunar year (noun) year (noun)
a period of 12 lunar months a body of students who graduate together
the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity
Difference between lunar year and year

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