ordinary vs cycle

cycle vs ordinary

ordinary and cycle both are nouns.

ordinary is an adjective but cycle is not an adjective.

ordinary is not a verb while cycle is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ordinary	Yes	Yes	No	No
cycle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cycle is a hypernym of ordinary; that is, cycle is a word with a broader meaning than ordinary:

ordinary: an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
cycle: a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

Other hypernyms of ordinary include bicycle, bike, wheel.

ordinary (noun)	cycle (noun)
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields	a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel	a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death	a periodically repeated sequence of events
a judge of a probate court	a series of poems or songs on the same theme
the expected or commonplace condition or situation	an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
	the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

ordinary (adjective)	cycle (adjective)
not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

ordinary (verb)	cycle (verb)
	recur in repeating sequences
	ride a motorcycle
	ride a bicycle
	pass through a cycle
	cause to go through a recurring sequence

Difference between ordinary and cycle

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