The difference between Century and Hundred
When used as nouns, century means a period of 100 consecutive years, whereas hundred means a hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
Hundred is also numeral with the meaning: a numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine.
check bellow for the other definitions of Century and Hundred
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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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Hundred as a noun:
A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
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Hundred as a noun (historical):
An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
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Hundred as a noun (by extension, historical):
Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire
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Hundred as a noun (cricket):
A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.
Examples:
"He made a hundred in the historic match."