different between almanac vs gazetteer

English

Alternative forms

• almanack

Etymology

From Middle English almenak, from Old French almanach.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): [??l.m?.næk], [?æl-]
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): [??l.m?.næk], [?æl-]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [???l.m?.næk], [??l-]
• Hyphenation: al?ma?nac

Noun

almanac (plural almanacs)

1. (astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.
2. A handbook, typically published annually, containing information on a particular subject
3. A GPS signal consisting of coarse orbit and status information for each satellite in the constellation.

Translations

Anagrams

• mancala

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?almanak/

Noun

almanac m (plural almanaciau)

1. almanac

Mutation

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Etymology 1

gazette +? -eer, from French gazetier (“newspaperman”)

Noun

gazetteer (plural gazetteers)

1. journalist
2. publicist

Translations

Etymology 2

From The gazetteer's: or newsman's interpreter, a geographical index edited by Laurence Echard, 1st ed. published 1693. In 1704, in the second volume Echard referred to the work as Gazetteer.

Noun

gazetteer (plural gazetteers)

1. A geographic dictionary or encyclopedia, sometimes found as an index to an atlas.
2. A newspaper.
3. (obsolete) An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.

Translations

Verb

gazetteer (third-person singular simple present gazetteers, present participle gazetteering, simple past and past participle gazetteered)

1. (transitive) To describe in a gazetteer.
   • 2002, W. Francis, Gazetteer of South India (volumes 1-2)

     The success of the gigantic undertaking has been unparalleled: few countries, if any, are more thoroughly gazetteered than India.

References

• “gazetteer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.