Difference between Olympiad and Olympics

What is the difference between Olympiad and Olympics?

Olympiad as a noun is a period of four years, by which the ancient greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of corbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads. while Olympics as a noun is the olympic games.

Olympiad

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Corbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.

Olympics

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: The Olympic Games.

Example sentence: After one Olympics, if we invest in sports and say we will get a gold medal in the next Olympic, it doesn't work like that in sports. How it works is that you provide the infrastructure, provide education about nutrition and health.

We hope you now know whether to use Olympiad or Olympics in your sentence.

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