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year vs fiscal year

fiscal year vs year

year and fiscal year both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
year Yes No No No
fiscal year Yes No No No
As nouns, fiscal year is a hyponym of year; that is, fiscal year is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than year:
  • year: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
  • fiscal year: any accounting period of 12 months
year (noun) fiscal year (noun)
a body of students who graduate together any accounting period of 12 months
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 fiscal year

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