different between sojourn vs adjourn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurn?re, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?d???n/, /?s?d??n/, /?s??d???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?so?d??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Noun

sojourn (plural sojourns)

1. A short stay somewhere.
   • 2006, Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)

     The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues […]

2. A temporary residence.

Synonyms

• abode

Translations

Verb

sojourn (third-person singular simple present sojourns, present participle sojourning, simple past and past participle sojourned)

1. (intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.

   • Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.

   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI

     The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, […] and here sojourned three days.

Synonyms

• stay over, stop; See also Thesaurus:sojourn

Translations

Related terms

• sojourner
• sojourney

References

Anagrams

• journos

English

Etymology

From Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d???n/

Verb

adjourn (third-person singular simple present adjourns, present participle adjourning, simple past and past participle adjourned)

1. (transitive) To postpone.

2. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of delaying Repentance (sermon)

     It is a common practice […] to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.

3. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
   • 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article III, Section 10, pp. 25-26,^[1]

     The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.”

4. (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.

Translations

Related terms

• adjournment

Anagrams

• Jourdan