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)

  1. (countable) A reference book, published annually.
  2. (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.
  3. (uncountable, US, education) A school subject in which students learn journalistic skills by compiling a yearbook.

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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)

  1. 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.
  2. (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.

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See also

  • dictionary

Further reading

  • encyclopedia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • encyclopedia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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