different between noughties vs aughts
noughties
English
Alternative forms
- Noughties
- naughties
- Naughties
Etymology
nought (“zero”) +? -ies (“plural of -y”), in imitation of the names of other decades (twenties, thirties, etc)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??tiz/
Noun
noughties pl (plural only)
- The first decade of a century: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc.
Synonyms
- the 2000s
- the 1900s (rare)
- the aughts, oughts
- the zeroes, Zeroes (rare)
- the '00s
Usage notes
- A nonce word, sometimes avoided because it is a homonym with naughties; it is even sometimes spelled "Naughties". Terms such as at the turn of the century or in the early years of the century are more common. In context, as during that decade or in the immediately following years, or in a list of decades, the 1900s/nineteen-hundreds and 2000s is commonly used, but this becomes ambiguous in a broader context, as the 1900s more commonly means the entire century, and the 2000s may mean the entire millennium. The first decade of the twentieth century is frequently referred to as the Edwardian era in the UK, as it coincides very closely with the reign of King Edward VII.
- Like twenties, etc, the word is sometimes capitalised.
Translations
See also
Anagrams
- Shogunite
noughties From the web:
- what's noughties mean
- noughties what happened
- noughties what are we now
- noughties what does it mean
- what's after noughties
- what is noughties music
- what is noughties decade
- what is noughties fashion
aughts
English
Alternative forms
- oughts
Pronunciation
- (Canada, New England), IPA(key): /??ts/
- (UK) IPA(key): /??ts/
- (US) IPA(key): /??ts/
Noun
aughts pl (plural only)
- The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the oughts, the noughties.
Derived terms
- mid-aughts
See also
Adjective
aughts (not comparable)
- From or evoking the first through tenth years of a century (chiefly the 2000s).
- Dialup internet is so aughts.
Anagrams
- ghauts, saught
aughts From the web:
- what does aughts mean
- what does aughts stand for
- what's mid-aughts
- what is aughts
- what does early aughts mean
- what does mid-aughts mean
- why do they call the 2000s the aughts
- oughts or aughts
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