Difference between Centenary and Centennial

CENTENARY vs CENTENNIAL: NOUN

A 100-year period.
A centennial.
Pl. centenaries (-riz).
The space of a hundred years.
What I call by this name has grown up in the last centenary — a word I may use to signify the hundred years now ending. De Morgan, in Correspondent of Oct. 28, 1865.
The commemoration or celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event, as the birth of a great man: as, the centenary of Burns; the centenary of the Constitution of the United States.
A centenarian.
The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.
A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.
A one hundredth anniversary
The 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

A 100th anniversary or a celebration of it.
A dice game in which the object is to secure pips, or multiples of pips, which will make the figures from 1 to 12, and then from 12 to 1, in numerical order.
The commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before: as, the centennial of American independence.
The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary.
The 100th anniversary of an event or happening.
The 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
Of or relating to an age or period of 100 years.
Occurring once every 100 years.
Of or relating to a 100th anniversary.
Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
Happening once in a hundred years.
Lasting or aged a hundred years.

Relating to or consisting of a hundred; relating to a period of a hundred years; recurring once in every hundred years: as, a centenary festival or celebration.

Happening every hundred years; relating to or marking a centenary: as, a centennial celebration.
Existing for a century or more.
Consisting of or lasting a hundred years; completing a hundred years: as, a centennial epoch; the centennial year.

Commemoration, Jubilee, Bicentennial, Silver jubilee, Tercentenary, Bicentenary, Centenaire, 100th, Percentage, Centigrade, Hundredth, Celsius, Century, Anniversary, Centennial

Bicentenary, Tricentennial, Commemoration, Bicentennial, Sesquicentennial, One hundredth, Centenaire, 100th, Percentage, Hundredth, Bi, Century, Sesqui, Anniversary, Centenary

Tercentennial, Sesquicentennial, Commemoration, Jubilee, Bicentennial, Silver jubilee, Tercentenary, Bicentenary, 100th, Percentage, Hundredth, Celsius, Century, Anniversary, Centennial

Tercentennial, Quasquicentennial, Bicentenary, Tricentennial, Commemoration, Bicentennial, Sesquicentennial, 100th, Percentage, Hundredth, Bi, Century, Sesqui, Anniversary, Centenary

In 2001, Coleman was awarded the Centenary Medal.
All students received a Centenary of Federation coin.
WTC0102.L5 Waverley Centenary of Federation (4-00-3(2)) The Waverley Centenary of Federation Parade is to be held on Sunday, 13 May, 2001.
Centenary of Federation Certificates were presented to Shire organisations that made a special effort to participate in the Centenary of Federation last year.
In its Centenary Year in 2001, the school celebrated with the official opening of The Centenary Centre.
BBC Report of Centenary of Scouting in Hampshire Other activities Great Britain issued a commemorative fifty pence coin for the Scouting 2007 Centenary.
Chancellor, University of Madras delivered the special address, hoisted the centenary flag and planted the first centenary sapling to commemorate the historic occasion.
After Centenary ended the program, the group got permission to continue having meetings at Centenary.
Centenary University in Hackettstown, NJ, where she directs Therapeutic Riding at Centenary, a PATH Intl.
Centenary is determined by the work completed at Centenary.

The Centennial Fault lies at the base of the Centennial Mountain range.
Centennial Rewards Wellness Services at Members will get Centennial Rewards Program catalog when they earn their first credits.
Centennial Park; an Irving Heritage Society meeting at Centennial Park, Oct.
Centennial recognizes that many from our local neighbourhoods have life obligations and responsibilities, which may make attendance at Centennial a challenge.
Invitation to dedication of Centennial Park and the agenda for the Centennial Church Choir event.
Centennial Neighborhood Information and pictures from the historic Centennial Neighborhood in downtown Lafayette, Indiana.
Centennial Park and Centennial Sportsplex where tennis, fitness, and ice skating lessons are available.
Centennial defenders bring down Avondale Westview running back Brian Conley at Centennial earlier this year.
Centennial events; promotional poster; Guy Deel sketches; letterhead; Centennial calendar.
Centennial Active Seniors events program by the Centennial Senior Commission, which advises the Centennial City Council on matters affecting seniors.