Week vs Eek - What's the difference?
week | eek |
Any period of seven consecutive days.
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A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.(rfex)
Seven days after ((sometimes) before) a specified date.
Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.
The shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.
To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.
* 2009 , Paul Gelder, Yachting Monthly's Further Confessions
* 2011 , Isaac E. Washington, The Stars in My Dreams (page 106)
As a noun week
is any period of seven consecutive days.As a proper noun eek is
a river in alaska.week
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(wikipedia week) (en noun)Derived terms
* bush week * for weeks on end * hell week * Holy Week * weekend * weeklySee also
* * fortnight * month * nundinal cycle * yearExternal links
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* 1000 English basic words ----eek
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(en verb)- She was dangling the mouse by its tail, but as it tried to arch upwards and bite, she started to jig about wildly The anglers had watched a beautiful young woman dance naked beneath a full moon to the feverish rhythm of unworldly eeking noises!
- We saw a frog and she eeked in terror again from the sight of it hopping near her.
