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Everyday vs Casual - What's the difference?

everyday | casual |

As adjectives the difference between everyday and casual

is that everyday is appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions while casual is happening by chance.

As nouns the difference between everyday and casual

is that everyday is (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion while casual is (british|nz) a worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.

As an adverb everyday

is .

everyday

English

Adjective

(-)
  • appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions
  • * 1906 , , Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
    • When they had gone, Bobbie put on her everyday frock, and went down to the railway.
  • commonplace, ordinary
  • * 2010 , Malcolm Knox, The Monthly , April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 42:
    • Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe.

    Synonyms

    * mundane * quotidian * routine * unremarkable * workaday

    Adverb

    (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

    (-)
  • (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion

    • casual

    English

    Alternative forms

    * casuall (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Happening by chance.
  • * (Washington Irving)
    • casual breaks, in the general system
  • Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
  • * (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
    • a constant habit, rather than a casual gesture
  • Employed irregularly.
  • * , chapter=17
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
  • Careless.
  • * 2007 , Nick Holland, The Girl on the Bus (page 117)
    • I removed my jacket and threw it casually over the back of the settee.
  • Happening or coming to pass without design.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=8 citation , passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
  • Informal, relaxed.
  • Designed for informal or everyday use.

    • Derived terms

    * casually * casualization * smart casual

    Synonyms

    *(happening by chance) accidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasional *(happening or coming to pass without design) unexpected * informal

    Antonyms

    *(happening by chance) inevitable, necessary *(happening or coming to pass without design) expected, scheduled * ceremonial, formal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, NZ) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
  • A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
  • (UK) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see .
  • One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
  • A player of casual games.

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