The difference between Century and Cohort

When used as nouns, century means a period of 100 consecutive years, whereas cohort means a group of people supporting the same thing or person.


check bellow for the other definitions of Century and Cohort

  1. Century as a noun:

    A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

  2. Century as a noun:

    A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.

  3. Century as a noun:

    A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.

  4. Century as a noun:

    A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

  5. Century as a noun (cricket):

    A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.

  6. Century as a noun (sports):

    A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.

  7. Century as a noun (US, informal):

    A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

  1. Cohort as a noun:

    A group of people supporting the same thing or person.

  2. Cohort as a noun (statistics):

    A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.

    Examples:

    "The 18-24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings."

  3. Cohort as a noun (historical, Ancient Rome, military):

    Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 men.

    Examples:

    "Three cohorts of men were assigned to the region."

  4. Cohort as a noun:

    An accomplice; abettor; associate.

    Examples:

    "He was able to plea down his sentence by revealing the names of three of his cohorts, as well as the source of the information."

  5. Cohort as a noun:

    Any band or body of warriors.

  6. Cohort as a noun (taxonomy):

    A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.

  7. Cohort as a noun:

    A colleague.

  8. Cohort as a noun:

    A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.

    Examples:

    "The students in my cohort for my organic chemistry class this year are not [[up to snuff]]. Last year's cohort scored much higher averages on the mid-term."