Cycle and Duration

Cycle

Cycle noun - A series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order.

Duration and cycle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Duration" instead a noun "Cycle".

Duration

Duration noun - The period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress.

Cycle and duration are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cycle" instead a noun "Duration".

How words are described

full full cycle full duration
long long cycle long duration
similar similar cycle similar duration
normal normal cycle normal duration
Other adjectives: typical, usual, short, set, fixed, regular, standard, original, infinite, single, actual, entire, great, unusual, next, different, lengthy.

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / The Moon The fact that the moon's 29-and-a-half-day light cycle is very similar in duration to the average woman's menstrual cycle has also not escaped the notice of poets, philosophers, and biologists; indeed the moon is often associated with femininity in literature and myth.
  • Series / The Hollow Crown Laser-Guided Karma: For the duration of the Wars of the Roses cycle, most characters who have blood on their hands (either justified or not) would have been horrifically murdered or disgraced.
  • Fleeting Demographic Rule aka: Seven Year Rule Bridal magazines presume that their readers will only be subscribing for the duration of their engagements, and thus repeat articles (with very slight tweaks) on a 16-20 month cycle.
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