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Century vs. Millennium
Century
/ˈsentʃəri/Examples:
The church was built in the 13th century.As though we were living in different worlds, in different centuries.It was a poem of centuries.
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This word has no antonymsMillennium
/mɪˈleniəm/Examples:
The art exhibit celebrated the millennium with futuristic designs.Scientists predict technological leaps in the next millennium.Many cultures have myths about a golden millennium of prosperity.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- A "millennium" is a period of 1,000 years, while a "century" is a period of 100 years.
- Remember "million" in "millennium" to associate it with a larger number of years compared to "century".
- Think of the "C" in "century" as "cent" or 100, indicating a smaller time span.
- The prefix "mille" in Latin means thousand, which helps recall that millennium is 1000 years.
- Centuries are often numbered with Roman numerals (e.g., 20th Century for the 1900s), while millennia can be referred to by their ordinal numbers (e.g., the third millennium).
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