different between duration vs during

English

Etymology

From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin d?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dj???e??n?/, /d????e??n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d???e??n?/, /dj???e??n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

duration (countable and uncountable, plural durations)

1. An amount of time or a particular time interval.

2. (in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war

3. (finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.

Translations

See also

• Duration (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bond duration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dictionary.reference.com entry

Anagrams

• drain out

Middle French

Etymology

From late Old French duracion, borrowed from Latin d?r?ti?, d?r?ti?nem.

Noun

duration f (plural durations)

1. duration (length with respect to time)

English

Alternative forms

• dureing (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English during, durynge, durinde, durand, durende, present participle of duren (“to last”), equivalent to dure +? -ing. Compare Dutch gedurende (“during”). More at dure.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?dj?????/, /-?????/
• (Received Pronunciation, UK, Canada, Ireland, General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?d??????/, /-?????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d????/, /?d???/
• Rhymes: -?????
• Hyphenation: dur?ing

Preposition

during

1. For all of a given time interval.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
2. At any time or period within a given time interval.

Related terms

• durable
• duration
• endure

Translations

Verb

during

1. present participle of dure

Anagrams

• Durgin, ungird