different between yearbook vs encyclopedia
yearbook
English
Alternative forms
- year-book
Etymology
From year +? book. Compare West Frisian jierboek (“yearbook”), Dutch jaarboek (“yearbook”), German Jahrbuch (“yearbook”), Swedish årsbok (“yearbook”), Faroese árbók (“annal, record”).
Noun
yearbook (countable and uncountable, plural yearbooks)
- (countable) A reference book, published annually.
- (countable, US, education) A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty.
- (uncountable, US, education) A school subject in which students learn journalistic skills by compiling a yearbook.
Derived terms
Translations
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encyclopedia
English
Alternative forms
- encyclopaedia (Britain)
- encyclopædia (archaic)
Etymology
From New Latin encyclopaedia (“general education”), from Renaissance Ancient Greek ?????????????? (enkuklopaideía, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), a mistaken univerbated form of Koine Greek ????????? ??????? (enkúklios paideí?, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from ????????? (enkúklios, “circular”) + ??????? (paideí?, “child-rearing, education”).
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?n?s??.kl??pi.di.?/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?n?sa?.kl??pi(?).di.?/
- Rhymes: -i?di?
- Hyphenation: en?cy?clo?pe?dia
Noun
encyclopedia (plural encyclopedias or encyclopediae or encyclopediæ)
- A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
- (dated) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.
Usage notes
The spelling encyclopedia is standard in American English, preferred in Canadian English, accepted in Australian and International English, and also very common in British English. It is more common than encyclopaedia, for example, in UK newspapers on Google News in 2009 by a 7:3 margin.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- dictionary
Further reading
- encyclopedia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- encyclopedia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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