different between holiday vs vocation

English

Etymology

From Middle English halyday, holyday, halidei, hali?dei, from Old English h?li?dæ? (“holy day, Sabbath”), equivalent to holy +? day. Compare West Frisian hjeldei (“holiday”), Danish helligdag (“holiday”), Norwegian helligdag (“holiday”), Swedish helgdag (“holiday, feast”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?l?de?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?l??de?/

Noun

holiday (plural holidays)

1. A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.

   Synonyms: feast day, holy day

2. A day declared free from work by the state or government.

   Synonyms: (UK) bank holiday, national holiday

3. (chiefly Britain, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

   Synonyms: leave, time off, (US) vacation; see also Thesaurus:vacation
4. (chiefly Britain, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).

   Synonym: (US) vacation

5. (finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.

6. A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.

   Synonym: lacuna

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

holiday (third-person singular simple present holidays, present participle holidaying, simple past and past participle holidayed) (chiefly Britain)

1. To take a period of time away from work or study.
2. (Britain) To spend a period of time for travel.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• hyaloid, hyoidal

Middle English

Noun

holiday

1. Alternative form of halyday

English

Etymology

From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin voc?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vo??ke???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v???ke???n/
• Hyphenation: vo?ca?tion

Noun

vocation (countable and uncountable, plural vocations)

1. An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.
2. An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.

Hypernyms

• job
• labour
• occupation
• work

Derived terms

• vocational

Related terms

• vocative

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French vocation, borrowed from Latin voc?ti?, voc?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

Noun

vocation f (plural vocations)

1. vocation (calling)
2. vocation (employment; career; work)

Related terms

• vocal
• vocatif
• voix

Further reading

• “vocation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vocatio, vocationem.

Noun

vocation f (oblique plural vocations, nominative singular vocation, nominative plural vocations)

1. call; calling; appeal
2. (specifically, euphemistic) passing away; death; an instance of dying