Difference between nineties and eighties
Definitions
noun
- the decade from 1890 to 1899
- the decade from 1990 to 1999
- the time of life between 90 and 100
Examples
A couple of commendable but slight folk covers albums in the early Nineties lead to assertions of writer's block.
She sees a bigger picture. ‘It's all about defining a fulfilled life in a culture that has no real experience of people in their eighties and nineties.’
In fact, this mini-album seems to entirely results of an enthusiastic outburst of energy, nurtured while the man was regularly deejaying at squatters parties during the nineties.
Definitions
noun
- the decade from 1980 to 1989
- the decade from 1880 to 1889
- the time of life between 80 and 90
Examples
If Estelle is in her eighties but looks a good deal younger, then why wouldn’t “Susan” just assume she’s in her sixties or seventies?
Hats were popular in the eighties though mostly on girls, so wearing my fedora was a given.
The Cameo cinema in Edinburgh has just announced an Eighties all-nighter, featuring saccharine delights such as Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
