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period vs glacial period

glacial period vs period

period and glacial period both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
period Yes No No No
glacial period Yes No No No
As nouns, glacial period is a hyponym of period; that is, glacial period is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than period:
  • period: a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
  • glacial period: any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
Other hyponyms of period include glacial epoch, ice age.
period (noun) glacial period (noun)
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
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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