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
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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.
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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.
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Century as a noun:
A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
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Century as a noun:
A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
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Century as a noun (cricket):
A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
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Century as a noun (sports):
A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
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Century as a noun (US, informal):
A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
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Cohort as a noun:
A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Cohort as a noun:
Any band or body of warriors.
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Cohort as a noun (taxonomy):
A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
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Cohort as a noun:
A colleague.
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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."