What's the difference between centenarian and centennial?

Centenarian


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or relating to a hundred years.
  • (n.) A person a hundred years old.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The centenarian has already been tested by life and found exceptionally fit.
  • (2) The frequencies of 80 HLA antigen phenotypes in 82 centenarians and 20 nonagenarians in Okinawa, Japan, were compared with those in other healthy adults in various age-brackets.
  • (3) By clinical observations of 115 centenarians and 742 nonagenarians, the actual state of mental aging of the very old Japanese and some factors relating to it are shown in this paper.
  • (4) We compared the clinical laboratory findings of the centenarians with that of 60-80 year olds.
  • (5) We think centenarians do not present a special case and our clinical observations suggest a continuous process of aging.
  • (6) Cytofluorimetric analysis of peripheral blood lymphocytes showed a striking age-dependent decrease in total and CD5+B cells (without changes in their ratio), which reached its nadir in centenarians.
  • (7) The centenarian, one of about 24 Japanese alive who have passed the 110-year milestone, claims she has never been ill, and quickly recovered after breaking her leg in a fall at the age of 102.
  • (8) Vital statistics data previously published by the Registrar General of England and Wales have been separated into male and female deaths in 1960-69 aged 100, 1961-70 aged 101, 1962-71 aged 102 etc., to represent cohorts of 292 male and 1463 female centenarians born in 1859-1869.
  • (9) Like other super-centenarians (110 or older), the daughter of sharecroppers and granddaughter of slaves had her own explanation of her longevity – more than 10 hours of sleep a night and lifelong abstinence from alcohol and cigarettes.
  • (10) Results revealed differences in personality: centenarians scored higher on dominance, suspiciousness, and imagination.
  • (11) The urogenital and digestive systems in 23 centenarians (7 males and 16 females) were examined pathologically.
  • (12) Though age-related changes were present in the centenarians, these age-related biological changes did not hinder them from reaching very old age.
  • (13) By contrast, prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in centenarians was not significantly different from that in controls aged less than 50.
  • (14) Most of these centenarians died of bronchopneumonia or myocardial fibrosis.
  • (15) Compared to the younger cohorts, centenarians consumed breakfast more regularly, avoided weight loss diets and large fluctuations in body weight, consumed slightly more vegetables, and relied on their doctor and family more than on the news media for nutrition information.
  • (16) But studies and testimony from centenarians suggest that lasting friendships, community ties, as well as generous pensions and decent healthcare, can be as important as eating well, avoiding tobacco and drinking in moderation.
  • (17) Demographic data of 218 centenarians in Hungary were collected, and 123 were examined by a medical team.
  • (18) The concentration of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) was measured in samples of cortex from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), fetuses with Down's syndrome (DS), and also in a group of centenarians.
  • (19) There were nearly 59,000 centenarians in Japan in September last year, government figures show – which means 46 out of every 100,000 people is 100 or over.
  • (20) But does this tally with the advice of other centenarians?

Centennial


Definition:

  • (a.) Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.
  • (a.) Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration.
  • (a.) Lasting or aged a hundred years.
  • (n.) The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Colorado Rapids Todd Haggerty, Centennial 38 Supporters : Best game: The 'Pids 4-3 victory in Montreal, which included a Tony Cascio sighting.
  • (2) During this centennial of his birth, we acknowledge the important contributions of Dr. Mann.
  • (3) So all they tend to do during their centennial visits is to ask the farmer whether he or she possesses a soil protection booklet.
  • (4) The current centennial celebration of The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston spotlights not only a history of medicine, but a history of Texas as well.
  • (5) The purpose of this paper is to record objectively the contribution of Annals of Surgery to the development of the science of surgery and its application to patient care in commemoration of its Centennial.
  • (6) Two centennial CD releases encapsulate the arguments: one out this week is a 3CD set from the Smithsonian Institution and the other is an extraordinary project in the pipeline at Rounder Records that will culminate in seven CDs and a book by the label's founder, Bill Nowlin.
  • (7) Musk made the comments to students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) during an interview at the AeroAstro Centennial Symposium , talking about computer science, AI, space exploration and the colonisation of Mars.
  • (8) An established population of the eastern North American freshwater snail Lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea) columella Say is reported from Middle Creek and Centennial Park, Sydney.
  • (9) In the United States, as in the United Kingdom, we've just celebrated the centennial of Father's Day.
  • (10) This is a conference dictated on the occasion of the centennial of the First Chilean Medical Congress, the foundation of the first Public Health Council and the School of Medicine of the University of Chile (1889).
  • (11) As with all development, it is critical that there is a balanced consideration of all impacts of developments on local communities, broader regions and the state.” The regulation repeal could change the dynamics in the assessments of other controversial NSW resource projects, such as Rio Tinto’s Mount Thorley Warkworth mine, Anglo American’s Drayton South mine and Centennial’s Springvale mine.
  • (12) 2.32am GMT Colorado royalty speaks... Todd Haggerty, from the Rapids' Centennial 38 supporters group, also wishes to make a few things clear: Big first thought is the lineup.
  • (13) When approximately 93,000 fans gathered outdoors in Sydney's Centennial Park, a natural reserve, for Australasia's largest ever outdoor rock concert, there was an obvious potential for medical disaster.
  • (14) During discussions of our plans for a year-long centennial observance with members of our House and Senate appropriations subcommittees, congressional members urged us to set two specific objectives: making NIH better known to the American people, and presenting the attractions of the many roles in health-related research to young people who have not yet formulated career plans.
  • (15) At the close of the Centennial Exhibition the collection was purchased by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
  • (16) glycinea transconjugants carrying avrPto elicit a typical hypersensitive resistant response in the soybean cultivar Centennial, suggesting conservation of Pto function between two crop plants, tomato and soybean.
  • (17) We are fast approaching a centennial of New York State's institutional system, the anniversary of the State Care Act of 1980.
  • (18) I have never met Bob Cameron or David Moult of Centennial Coal, for example, but I wonder what drives them?
  • (19) Arapahoe High School is part of the Littleton school district, in the Denver suburb of Centennial.
  • (20) In two years, Europeans will commemorate the centennial of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, and the subsequent "July crisis" that triggered the first world war that August.