different between midday vs midway

English

Alternative forms

• mid-day

Etymology

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæ? (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- +? day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?d?de?/

Noun

midday (countable and uncountable, plural middays)

1. noon; twelve o'clock during the day

Synonyms

• nones, noontide; see also Thesaurus:midday

Antonyms

• midnight; see also Thesaurus:midnight

Translations

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

Anagrams

• mydaid

English

Etymology

From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midwe? (“midway”), equivalent to mid- +? way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?dwe?/

Noun

midway (plural midways)

1. The middle; the midst.
2. A middle way or manner; a mean or middle course between extremes.
3. (US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
4. (US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned

Synonyms

• (middle): See also Thesaurus:midpoint

Translations

Adjective

midway (comparative more midway, superlative most midway)

1. Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.

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Adverb

midway (not comparable)

1. Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points

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