Decad vs. Decade — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Decad and Decade
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Decad
Archaic form of decade
Decade
A decade is a period of 10 years. The word is derived (via French and Latin) from the Ancient Greek: δεκάς, romanized: dekas, which means a group of ten.
Decad
Archaic form of decade
Decade
A period of ten years.
Decad
(music) A group of ten notes from which the consonant triads may be constructed
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Decade
A group or series of ten.
Decad
A decade.
Averill was a decad and a half his elder.
Decade
A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
A decade of soldiers
Decade
A period of ten years , particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9.
The 1960s was a turbulent decade.
I haven’t seen my cousin in over a decade!
Decade
A period of ten days, (history) particularly those in the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and French Revolutionary calendars.
Decade
A work in ten parts or books, particularly such divisions of Livy's History of Rome.
Decade
(Roman Catholicism) A series of prayers counted on a rosary, typically consisting of an Our Father, followed by ten Hail Marys, and concluding with a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima Prayer.
Decade
Any of the sets of ten sequential braille characters with predictable patterns.
Decade
(electronics) A set of ten electronic devices used to represent digits.
Decade
(electronics) A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance.
Decade
The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1.
There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003.
Decade
A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy.
During this notable decade of years.
Decade
A period of 10 years
Decade
The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
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