The difference between Full stop and Period
When used as interjections, full stop means used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking, whereas period means that's final.
When used as nouns, full stop means the punctuation mark “” (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation), whereas period means a length of time.
Period is also verb with the meaning: to come to a period.
Period is also adjective with the meaning: designating anything from a given historical era.
check bellow for the other definitions of Full stop and Period
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Full stop as a noun (Australia, British, India, Ireland, NZ, South Africa):
The punctuation mark “” (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
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Period as a noun:
A length of time.
Examples:
"There was a period of confusion following the announcement."
"You'll be on probation for a six-month period."
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Period as a noun:
A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
Examples:
"Food rationing continued in the post-war period."
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Period as a noun (now, chiefly, North America):
The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
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Period as a noun:
The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
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Period as a noun:
Female menstruation.
Examples:
"When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming."
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Period as a noun:
A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
Examples:
"This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period."
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Period as a noun:
Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
Examples:
"I have math class in second period."
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Period as a noun (chiefly, North America):
Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
Examples:
"Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period."
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Period as a noun (obsolete, medicine):
The length of time for a disease to run its course.
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Period as a noun:
An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
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Period as a noun (rhetoric):
A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
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Period as a noun (obsolete):
A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
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Period as a noun (chemistry):
A row in the periodic table of the elements.
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Period as a noun (geology):
A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.
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Period as a noun (genetics):
A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
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Period as a noun (music):
Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
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Period as a noun (math):
The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
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Period as a noun (archaic):
End point, conclusion.
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Period as an adjective:
Designating anything from a given historical era.
Examples:
"a period car"
"a period TV commercial"
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Period as an adjective:
Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
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Period as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To come to a period; to conclude.
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Period as a verb (obsolete, transitive, rare):
To put an end to.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"