century vs hundred

century

noun
  • A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership. 

  • A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100. 

  • A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion. 

  • A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly. 

  • A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred. 

  • A score of one hundred points. 

  • A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars. 

  • A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length. 

hundred

noun
  • A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman. 

  • A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros). 

  • Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire 

  • An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres. 

num
  • The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes. 

  • A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine. 

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