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tide vs period

period vs tide

tide and period both are nouns.

tide is a verb but period is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tide Yes No Yes No
period Yes No No No
As nouns, period is a hypernym of tide; that is, period is a word with a broader meaning than tide:
  • tide: there are usually two high and two low tides each day
  • period: an amount of time
Other hypernyms of tide include period of time, time period.
tide (noun) period (noun)
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
there are usually two high and two low tides each day 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
tide (verb) period (verb)
rise or move forward
be carried with the tide
cause to float with the tide
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