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time vs period

period and time both are nouns.

period is not a verb while time is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
period Yes No No No
time Yes No Yes No
As nouns, time is a hyponym of period; that is, time is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than period:
  • period: an amount of time
  • time: an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
Other hyponyms of period include test period, trial period, time frame, grace, grace period, hours, downtime, uptime, work time, time off, bout, hospitalization, travel time, times, elapsed time, continuance, duration, calendar week, week, midweek, field day, life-time, life, lifespan, lifetime, life, life, millenary, millennium, bimillenary, bimillennium, occupation, past, shelf life, puerperium, lactation, time of life, calendar day, civil day, festival, day, daylight, daytime, forenoon, morn, morning, morning time, dark, night, nighttime, night, night, night, eve, evening, hebdomad, week, fortnight, two weeks, weekend, Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer, year, school, school day, schooltime, twelvemonth, year, yr, year, semester, bimester, Olympiad, lustrum, decade, decennary, decennium, century, quadrennium, quinquennium, half-century, quarter-century, quarter, phase of the moon, day, calendar month, month, mid-January, mid-February, mid-March, mid-April, mid-May, mid-June, mid-July, mid-August, mid-September, mid-October, mid-November, mid-December, time limit, term, trimester, hour, silly season, Golden Age, silver age, bronze age, iron age, great year, Platonic year, regulation time, extra time, overtime, season, time of year, canicular days, canicule, dog days, midwinter, season, season, age, long time, years, long haul, long run, drought, drouth, epoch, era, generation, prehistoric culture, prehistory, reign, run, early days, youth, dawn, evening, nap, sleep, lease, term of a contract, half-life, half life, lunar time period, tide, phase, stage, multistage, watch, peacetime, wartime, duty tour, enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty, honeymoon, indiction, prohibition, prohibition era, incubation period, rainy day, noviciate, novitiate, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime, running time, clotting time, air alert, question time, real time, real time, study hall, usance, window, mornight.
period (noun) time (noun)
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
an amount of time an instance or single occasion for some event
the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon a person's experience on a particular occasion
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
the end or completion of something the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
a suitable moment
period (verb) time (verb)
measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
regulate or set the time of
adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
assign a time for an activity or event
set the speed, duration, or execution of
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