Anniversary vs. Birthday
Difference Between Anniversary and Birthday
Anniversary➦
An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event.
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Birthday➦
A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person, or figuratively of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a birthday party, or a rite of passage.
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Anniversary➦
the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year
the 75th anniversary of the RAF
the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
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Birthday➦
the anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and the giving of gifts
his twenty-ninth birthday
a birthday cake
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Anniversary➦
The annually recurring date of a past event, as of personal or historical importance
a wedding anniversary.
the anniversary of the founding of Rome.
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Birthday➦
The day of one's birth.
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Anniversary➦
A date that follows a certain event by a specified amount of time
his six-month anniversary of quitting smoking.
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Birthday➦
The anniversary of one's birth.
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Anniversary➦
An event at which an anniversary is celebrated.
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Birthday➦
The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
When's your birthday? Mine's on April 1.
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Anniversary➦
A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
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Birthday➦
The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
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Anniversary➦
(especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
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Birthday➦
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
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Anniversary➦
A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
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Birthday➦
A birthday party.
I'd like to invite you all to my birthday.
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Anniversary➦
Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
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Birthday➦
To celebrate one's birthday.
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Anniversary➦
The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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Birthday➦
The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.
Those barbarous ages past, succeeded nextThe birthday of invention.
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Anniversary➦
The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.
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Birthday➦
The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth.
This is my birthday; as this very dayWas Cassius born.
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Anniversary➦
The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
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Birthday➦
Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.
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Anniversary➦
the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
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Birthday➦
an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
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Birthday➦
the date on which a person was born
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