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year vs academic year

academic year vs year

year and academic year both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
year Yes No No No
academic year Yes No No No
As nouns, academic year is a hyponym of year; that is, academic year is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than year:
  • year: a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity
  • academic year: the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying
Other hyponyms of year include school year.
year (noun) academic year (noun)
a body of students who graduate together the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying
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 year and academic year

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