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Fornication vs Staycation - What's the difference?

fornication | staycation |

As nouns the difference between fornication and staycation

is that fornication is sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person while staycation is (neologism) a vacation spent close to home.

As a verb staycation is

(neologism|intransitive) to spend a vacation close to home.

fornication

English

(wikipedia fornication)

Noun

(en noun)
  • sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person.
  • (legal) The act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman which does not by law amount to adultery.
  • * 1604' ''I am the sister of one Claudio, Condemn'd upon the act of '''fornication To lose his head; condemn'd by Angelo'' — Shakespeare, ''Measure for Measure , Act 5, Scene 1
  • * 1611' ''Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, '''fornication , uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. — Galatians 5:19-21 KJV

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * fornicatory

    References

    staycation

    English

    (wikipedia staycation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (neologism) A vacation spent close to home.
  • * 2009 : Nicholas Lezard, Down and out in London'', a column in the '' , 31st August 2009 issue, page 54
    • It’s holiday time again. Having invented the staycation – no, I don’t like the word either – four years ago when we ran out of money and out of patience with French traffic, we are sticking to principle and, as we did four months ago, hanging out at Tom Hodgkinson’s gaff in north Devon.

    Usage notes

    * Seen as silly or derogative in many cases, e.g., the traditional image of a child whose friends have all gone on trips during the summer while the child is stuck at home.

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (neologism) To spend a vacation close to home.
  • * 2008 , Peter D. Schiff, The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets (page 196)
    • They may fill some of the airline seats and hotel rooms left vacant by staycationing locals.

    External links

    (wikinews, New words added to Webster's dictionary)