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Vigour vs Heyday - What's the difference?

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Vigour is a related term of heyday.


As nouns the difference between vigour and heyday

is that vigour is active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy while heyday is a period of success, popularity, or power; prime.

As an interjection heyday is

a lively greeting.

vigour

English

Alternative forms

* vigor (US) * vygour (obsolete)

Noun

  • Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.
  • * (rfdate) :
  • The vigour of this arm was never vain.
  • (biology) Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
  • A plant grows with vigour.
  • Strength; efficacy; potency.
  • * 1667 , :
  • But in the fruithful earth His beams, unactive else, their vigour find.

    Usage notes

    Vigour and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure.

    Derived terms

    * envigorate * vigorous * hybrid vigor/hybrid vigour

    heyday

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
  • The early twentieth century was the heyday of the steam locomotive.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A lively greeting.
  • * 1798 :"Heyday, Miss Morland!" said he. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together." Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey
  • (obsolete) An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
  • * 1600 :"Come follow me, my wags, and say, as I say. There's no riches but in rags; hey day, hey day, &c." Ben Jonson - Cynthia's Revels
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