Period vs. Cycle
Difference Between Period and Cycle
Periodnoun
A length of time.
There was a period of confusion following the announcement.You'll be on probation for a six-month period.Cyclenoun
An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
the cycle of the seasons, or of the yearPeriodnoun
A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
Food rationing continued in the post-war period.Cyclenoun
A complete rotation of anything.
Periodnoun
The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
Cyclenoun
A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
Periodnoun
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.
Cyclenoun
The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
Periodnoun
Female menstruation.
When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.Cyclenoun
(music) In musical set theory, an interval cycle is the set of pitch classes resulting from repeatedly applying the same interval class to the starting pitch class.
The interval cycle C4 consists of the pitch classes 0, 4 and 8; when starting on E, it is realised as the pitches E, G# and C.Periodnoun
A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.Cyclenoun
A series of poems, songs or other works of art.
The "Ring of the Nibelung" is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner, the famous nineteenth-century German composer.Periodnoun
Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
I have math class in second period.Cyclenoun
A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
Put the washing in on a warm cycle.the spin cyclePeriodnoun
Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.Cyclenoun
A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels, such as a motorbike, motorcycle, motorized tricycle, or motortrike.
Periodnoun
The length of time for a disease to run its course.
Cyclenoun
(baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
Jones hit for the cycle in the game.Periodnoun
An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
Cyclenoun
(graph theory) A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
Periodnoun
(rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
Cyclenoun
A chain whose boundary is zero.
Periodnoun
(obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
Cyclenoun
An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
Periodnoun
(chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.
Cyclenoun
An age; a long period of time.
Periodnoun
(geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.
Cyclenoun
An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
Periodnoun
(genetics) A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
Cyclenoun
(botany) One entire round in a circle or a spire.
a cycle or set of leavesPeriodnoun
(music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
Cycleverb
To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
Periodnoun
(math) The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
Cycleverb
To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
Periodnoun
(archaic) End point, conclusion.
Cycleverb
(electronics) To turn power off and back on
Avoid cycling the device unnecessarily.Periodadjective
Designating anything from a given historical era.
a period cara period TV commercialCycleverb
(ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
They have their cycling game going tonight.Periodadjective
Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
Cyclenoun
an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs;
the neverending cycle of the seasonsPeriodinterjection
That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence).
I know you don't want to go to the dentist but your teeth need to be checked, period!Cyclenoun
a series of poems or songs on the same theme;
schubert's song cyclesPeriodverb
To come to a period; to conclude.
Cyclenoun
a periodically repeated sequence of events;
a cycle of reprisal and retaliationPeriodverb
To put an end to.
Cyclenoun
the unit of frequency; one Hertz has a periodic interval of one second
Periodnoun
an amount of time;
a time period of 30 yearshastened the period of time of his recoveryPicasso's blue periodCyclenoun
a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon;
a year constitutes a cycle of the seasonsPeriodnoun
one of three periods of play in hockey games
Cyclenoun
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
Periodnoun
a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time;
a novel from the Victorian periodCycleverb
cause to go through a recurring sequence;
cycle thge laundry in this washing programPeriodnoun
the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
Cycleverb
pass through a cycle;
This machine automatically cyclesPeriodnoun
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;
the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruationa woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stoppedthe semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in femalesCycleverb
ride a motorcycle
Periodnoun
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;
in England they call a period a stopCycleverb
ride a bicycle
Periodnoun
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed;
ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periodsCycleverb
recur in repeating sequences
Periodnoun
the end or completion of something;
death put a period to his endeavorsa change soon put a period to my tranquility
