The difference between Century and Yearhundred

When used as nouns, century means a period of 100 consecutive years, whereas yearhundred means a period of a hundred consecutive years.


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  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. Yearhundred as a noun (very, _, rare, nonstandard):

    A period of a hundred consecutive years; a century.