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week vs shivah

shivah vs week

week and shivah both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
week Yes No No No
shivah Yes No No No
As nouns, shivah is a hyponym of week; that is, shivah is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than week:
  • week: any period of seven consecutive days
  • shivah: (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
Other hyponyms of week include week from Monday, rag, rag week, Holy Week, Passion Week, shibah, shiva.
week (noun) shivah (noun)
any period of seven consecutive days (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
hours or days of work in a calendar week
a period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday)
Difference between week and shivah

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