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Your teacher was right - sort of. It's rare to find two words with exactly the same meaning. Often the meaning of one word may 'overlap' with another. The meanings will match at the overlap but each word may also have a number of alternate, different meanings.
English added lots of synonyms following the invasion of Britain in 1066. Blame the French.
The word 'vacation' is rarely used here. Annual leave is prescribed at a minimum of 4 weeks (20 days) a year for full time workers and pro rata for part timers. Holiday pay also has a 17.5% leave loading (17.5% extra on top of your normal wage)
Maybe I'm a bit odd. OK, for sure I'm a bit odd. I try deliberately not to repeat the same words, especially when writing. I get irritated by over use of words. One I love to hate is "outcome". What happened to "result"? Or, "conclusion"? Or any other synonym? I'm generally against capital punishment. I'm prepared to make an exception for anyone who uses "outcomes (ugly enough in itself) and "deliverables" (aaarghhh!) in the same sentence. And yes, I have read such a sentence. Once too often.I think everyone naturally tends to say and write certain words all the time, even though other words they know mean exactly the same thing. What are yours?
PEOPLE
mother or mom
father or dad
grandmother or grandma
grandfather or grandpa
anybody or anyone
everybody or everyone
baby or infant
child or kid
lady or women
guy or man
OCCUPATIONAL
waiter or server
police or cop
worker or staffer
task or chore
assist or help
start or begin
done or finished
NATURE
porcine or swine
kitty or cat
dawn or sunrise
dusk or sunset
creek or brook
GENERAL
ideal or perfect
dinner or supper
ill or sick
trip or vacation
exam or test
big or large
small or little
sarcasm or satire
Of course, I know this is far from a complete list.
"Holiday" is a contraction of "Holy Day". When you say goodbye as you depart, it's a contraction of "God be with ye". I don't know any Aussies who talk about vacation. Some "go on leave" when they take their paid time off work. Otherwise it's a holiday. Going on leave is military-speak as well.No it's not. Holiday is the British term for vacation. Americans may have started using it that way, but the word always meant a kind of special day to celebrate What do people call holidays everywhere else?
I know. That is why I said what I did. Without bearing certain things in mind, the question approaches meaninglessness.My questions assumes context usually is not important.
No it's not. Holiday is the British term for vacation. Americans may have started using it that way, but the word always meant a kind of special day to celebrate What do people call holidays everywhere else?
What do French people have to do with it?
Although I personally say "supper" except for "going out to dinner" at a restaurant, others always say the word dinner regardless of where they are eating supper.
Easter is on a Sunday,, so by your definition it would not be a holiday because most people do not work on Sundays.
Maybe I'm a bit odd. OK, for sure I'm a bit odd. I try deliberately not to repeat the same words, especially when writing. I get irritated by over use of words. One I love to hate is outcome. What happened to result? Or, conclusion? Or any other synonym? I'm generally against capital punishment. I'm prepared to make an exception for anyone who uses "outcomes (ugly enough in itself) and deliverables (aaarghhh!) in the same sentence. And yes, I have read such a sentence. Once too often.
"Holiday" is a contraction of Holy Day.
In the US 'holiday' usually refers to a special event day (e.g., Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving) where businesses might close but does not necessarily include mandatory payment.
I never understood the word outcome either. It does not mean someone came out of something to get an effect. The word conclusion must be used instead of result in scientific research papers but I would prefer they use the word result to go along with "test results" for hospital patients.
What happened to "cause and effect" sentences? Now I usually see the word "correlation" as if there is no way to prove what happened was the direct effect of a cause (which was the hypothesis). If that is true, a study is useless. I want researchers to stop using the word "correlation" and replace it with "cause/effect."
Yeah, we don't have anything of the sort here. That's all just considered "perks" that the employer can offer if they please. They have to pay time-and-a-half for hours worked past forty hours, or you can have a salary and not get anything for overtime.
Well, we at least have that, sort of. You guys probably get paid, but we just have laws that keep us from getting fired for taking time off for that sort of thing.
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