period vs stage

period

noun
  • Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided. 

  • A length of time. 

  • The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation). 

  • One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period. 

  • A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole. 

  • A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. 

  • The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. 

  • An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc. 

  • A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc. 

  • A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs. 

  • Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity. 

  • A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm. 

  • The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length. 

  • Female menstruation; an episode of this. 

  • A row in the periodic table of the elements. 

  • A decisive end to something; a stop. 

  • Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase). 

adj
  • Designating anything from a given historical era. 

  • Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery. 

intj
  • That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story. 

stage

noun
  • A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game. 

  • A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given. 

  • One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another. 

  • A floor or storey of a house. 

  • The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc. 

  • A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers. 

  • A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene. 

  • The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale. 

  • A phase. 

  • The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing. 

  • An internship. 

  • A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf. 

  • A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging. 

verb
  • To produce on a stage, to perform a play. 

  • To demonstrate in a deceptive manner. 

  • To orchestrate; to carry out. 

  • To place in position to prepare for use. 

  • To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to 

  • To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it. 

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