period vs discharge

discharge vs period

period and discharge both are nouns.

period is not a verb while discharge is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
period	Yes	No	No	No
discharge	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, discharge is a hypernym of period; that is, discharge is a word with a broader meaning than period:

period: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
discharge: any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

Other hypernyms of period include emission, expelling.

period (noun)	discharge (noun)
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations	the act of discharging a gun
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause	the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
an amount of time	a formal written statement of relinquishment
the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon	the act of venting
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed	the sudden giving off of energy
the end or completion of something	the pouring forth of a fluid
(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games	electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
	any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
	a substance that is emitted or released

period (verb)	discharge (verb)
	eliminate (a substance)
	become empty or void of its content
	pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
	release from military service
	cause to go off
	go off or discharge
	pour forth or release
	remove the charge from
	remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
	complete or carry out
	free from obligations or duties

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