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Millennium vs. Century
Millennium
/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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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 antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- A millennium contains ten centuries, so it's much longer.
- Remember that mille in millennium is similar to a thousand, hinting at 1000 years.
- A century is shorter, just 100 years, easily remembered as a cent in century is like a century or hundred.
- Millennium is used when talking about grand spans of time, think of it as a huge milestone.
- Century usually refers to more manageable chunks of history or time, think of changes within a century.
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