public holiday vs Memorial Day

Memorial Day vs public holiday

public holiday and Memorial Day both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
public holiday	Yes	No	No	No
Memorial Day	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Memorial Day is a hyponym of public holiday; that is, Memorial Day is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than public holiday:

public holiday: authorized by law and limiting work or official business
Memorial Day: legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war

Other hyponyms of public holiday include January 1, New Year's, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, Presidents' Day, Decoration Day, Fourth of July, Independence Day, July 4, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Discovery Day, October 12, Christmas, Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmas, Boxing Day, bank holiday, Commonwealth Day, Empire day, May 24, Dominion Day, July 1, 14 July, Bastille Day, Armistice Day, November 11, Veterans' Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, Victoria Day.

public holiday (noun)	Memorial Day (noun)
authorized by law and limiting work or official business	legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war

Difference between public holiday and Memorial Day

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