different between seventies vs sixties

English

Alternative forms

• (of the decade) 'seventies

Noun

seventies

1. plural of seventy

seventies pl (plural only)

1. The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.
2. The decade of one's life from age 70 through age 79.
3. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 70 and 79.

Synonyms

• 1970s, '70s, 70s

Translations

See also

• septuagenarian

Adjective

seventies (not comparable)

1. From or evoking the 71st through 80th years of a century (chiefly the 1970s).

   I know the theme of the school dance is "The 1970s" but is covering the walls, floor, and ceiling with tie-dye too seventies?

   • John Covach (2011) , “The Hippie Aesthetic: Cultural Positioning and Musical Ambition in Early Progressive Rock”, in Mark Spicer, editor, Rock Music, Routledge, DOI:10.4324/9781315088631-4, ?ISBN, page 65: “Among rock critics and journalists, there is an overwhelming bias to view the late sixties in a positive light and seventies music as an unfortunate decline into commercialism at the expense of musical authenticity.”

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English

Alternative forms

• (of the decade) 'sixties

Noun

sixties

1. plural of sixty

sixties pl (plural only)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)
2. The decade of one's life from age 60 through age 69.
3. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 60 and 69.

Synonyms

• 1960s, '60s, 60s

Translations

See also

• sexagenarian

Adjective

sixties (not comparable)

1. From or evoking the 61st through 70th years of a century (chiefly the 1960s).

   She coughed as she exhaled. Sixties weed had been nowhere near this strong.