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holiday vs vacay

vacay vs holiday

holiday and vacay both are nouns.

holiday is a verb but vacay is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
holiday Yes No Yes No
vacay Yes No No No
As nouns, vacay is a hyponym of holiday; that is, vacay is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than holiday:
  • holiday: leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
  • vacay: informal term for vacation
Other hyponyms of holiday include half-term, vac, field day, outing, picnic, honeymoon, paid vacation, winter break.
holiday (noun) vacay (noun)
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure informal term for vacation
a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
holiday (verb) vacay (verb)
spend or take a vacation
Difference between holiday and vacay

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