Yeers vs. Years — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Yeers and Years
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Definitions
Yeers
Plural of yeer
Years
In the Gregorian calendar, a period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31, consisting of 365 or 366 days in 12 months. Also called calendar year.
Years
A period of 365 or 366 days used as the basis for another calendar such as the Julian calendar.
Years
A period of 12 or 13 lunar months in a lunisolar calendar such as the Jewish calendar.
Years
A period of 12 lunar months in a lunar calendar such as the Islamic calendar.
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Years
A sidereal year.
Years
A solar year.
Years
A period of about a year
We were married a year ago.
Years
A period equal to the calendar year but beginning on a different date
A tax-reckoning year.
A farming year.
Years
An annually recurring period devoted to a special activity
The academic year.
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Years
Years Age, especially old age
I'm feeling my years.
Years
Years An indefinitely long period of time
It's been years since we saw her.
Years
Plural of year.
Years
A very long time.
It took years for the bus to come.
Years
A late time of life;
Old age is not for sissies
He's showing his years
Age hasn't slowed him down at all
A beard white with eld
On the brink of geezerhood
Years
A prolonged period of time;
We've known each other for ages
I haven't been there for years and years
Years
The time during which someone's life continues;
The monarch's last days
In his final years
