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month vs sidereal month

sidereal month vs month

month and sidereal month both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
month Yes No No No
sidereal month Yes No No No
As nouns, sidereal month is a hyponym of month; that is, sidereal month is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than month:
  • month: a time unit of approximately 30 days
  • sidereal month: period between successive conjunctions with a star, 27.322 days
Other hyponyms of month include lunar month, lunation, moon, synodic month, anomalistic month, solar month.
month (noun) sidereal month (noun)
a time unit of approximately 30 days period between successive conjunctions with a star, 27.322 days
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
Difference between month and sidereal month

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