Everyday vs Lavalava - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between everyday and lavalava

is that everyday is (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion while lavalava is an everyday item of clothing traditionally worn by polynesians and other oceanic peoples, consisting of a single rectangular cloth worn as a skirt, secured around the waist by an overhand knotting of the upper corners.

As an adjective everyday

is appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.

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

lavalava

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia lavalava)

An everyday item of clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples, consisting of a single rectangular cloth worn as a skirt, secured around the waist by an overhand knotting of the upper corners.

* 1997 , Michel Picard, Robert Everett Wood, Tourism, ethnicity, and the state in Asian and Pacific societies?

Some tourists buy Samoan identity merchandise as novelties, but most prefer sloganless items such as printed lavalavas .

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