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sidereal year vs year

year vs sidereal year

sidereal year and year both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sidereal year Yes No No No
year Yes No No No
As nouns, year is a hypernym of sidereal year; that is, year is a word with a broader meaning than sidereal year:
  • sidereal year: the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars
  • year: the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
Other hypernyms of sidereal year include sidereal time.
sidereal year (noun) year (noun)
the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars a body of students who graduate together
the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity
Difference between sidereal year and year

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