public holiday vs Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day vs public holiday

public holiday and Thanksgiving Day both are nouns.

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

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

public holiday: authorized by law and limiting work or official business
Thanksgiving Day: fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag

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, Memorial 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, Victoria Day.

public holiday (noun)	Thanksgiving Day (noun)
authorized by law and limiting work or official business	fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag

Difference between public holiday and Thanksgiving Day

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