Everyday vs Bona_fide - What's the difference?
everyday | bona_fide | Related terms |
appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions
* 1906 , , Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
commonplace, ordinary
* 2010 , Malcolm Knox, The Monthly , April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 42:
(rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion
In good faith.
Genuine; not counterfeit.
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Everyday is a related term of bona_fide.
As adjectives the difference between everyday and bona_fide
is that everyday is appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions while bona_fide is .As an adverb everyday
is .As a noun everyday
is (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion.everyday
English
Adjective
(-)- When they had gone, Bobbie put on her everyday frock, and went down to the railway.
- Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe.
Synonyms
* mundane * quotidian * routine * unremarkable * workadayAdverb
(head)Usage notes
When describing the frequency of an event, it is considered correct to separate the individual words: every hour'', ''every day'', ''every week , etc.Noun
(-)bona_fide
English
Alternative forms
*Usage notes
The pronunciation , is the most common one in the USA and therefore listed first in American dictionaries, incl. American Heritage, Merriam-Webster, and the American versio of Collins.Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedAdjective
(-)- Although he failed, the prime minister made a bona fide attempt to repair the nation's damaged economy.
- This is a bona fide Roman coin.
O Brother Where Art Thou?(movie):
- Ulysses Everett McGill: I am the only daddy you got! I’m the damn pater familias!
- Wharvey Gal: But you ain’t bona fide !
Usage notes
Sometimes misspelled as *bonafied,'' by incorrectly analyzing as the past tense of assumed *''bonafy .Bonafied / Bona Fide, Paul Brians