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Someone vs Year - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between someone and year

is that someone is a partially specified but unnamed person while year is the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).

As a pronoun someone

is some person.

someone

English

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)
  • Some person.
    • Is someone there?

    Usage notes

    * Logically related to anyone, everyone, and no one. Becomes no one via negation. *: Did anyone help with the clean-up effort? *: Yes, someone''' helped yesterday, but '''no one''' did today because '''everyone was too busy.

    Synonyms

    * anybody, anyone, somebody

    Abbreviations

    Some translation dictionaries have used the abbreviation or so for someone.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A partially specified but unnamed person.
    • Do you need a gift for that special someone ?
    The someones under discussion were eventually arrested.

    Related terms

    * no one * everyone * anyone * somewhere * something English compound determinatives English indefinite pronouns English third person pronouns 1000 English basic words

    year

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (wikipedia year) (en noun)
  • The time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
  • (by extension) The time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body.
  • A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar.
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  • A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
  • (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
  • A level or grade in school or college.
  • The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).

    • Synonyms

    * (one revolution of the Sun by the Earth) twelvemonth * (time to make one revolution by any body) anomalistic year, Gaussian year, sidereal year, tropical year * (period between set dates) calendar year, civil year, legal year * (specific uses) fiscal year, liturgical year, school year

    Derived terms

    * calendar year * civil year * dog year * donkey's years * fiscal year * gap year * golden years * in the year of our Lord * in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ * last year * leap year * legal year * liturgical year * on in years * school year * sidereal year * sunset years * the year dot * twilight years * yearbook * year by year * year-end * year-long * year of our Lord * year of our Lord Jesus Christ * -year-old * year-round * yearhundred * yearling * yearly * yesteryear

    Related terms

    * (smaller divisions) see'' , &c. * quarter, quarterly, season, seasonal * triannual * biannual, semiannual, twice-yearly * (roughly one year) quasi-annual * yearly, annual, per annum * (ages) See * biennium, biennial * triennium, triennial, trieterical * quadrennium, quadrennial * quinquennium, quinquenniad, quintennium, quinquennial, quintennial * sexennium, sexennial * septennium, septennial, septennary, septenniad, septenary, septenarian, septennian, septennual * octennium, octaeteris, octennial, octaeteric * novennium, novennial, enneaeteric, enneatic * decade, decennium, decadal, decennial * septendecennial * enneadecaeteris * vicennium, vicennial * tricennium, tricennial * century, yearhundred, centennial, centenary, centuried * bicentennial, bicentenary * tricentennial, tricentenary tercentennial, tercentenary * millennium, kiloyear (kyr), yearthousand, millennial * termillenary * megayear (Myr), mega-annum (Ma) * gigayear (Gyr), gigannum (Ga)

    See also

    * day * week * month

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