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year vs lunar year

lunar year vs year

year and lunar year both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
year Yes No No No
lunar year Yes No No No
As nouns, lunar year is a hyponym of year; that is, lunar year is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than year:
  • 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
  • lunar year: a period of 12 lunar months
year (noun) lunar year (noun)
a body of students who graduate together a period of 12 lunar 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 lunar year

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