Sabbatical vs Hiatus - What's the difference?
sabbatical | hiatus |
Relating to the Sabbath.
Relating to a .
An extended period of leave, often one year long, taken by an employee in order to carry out projects not otherwise associated with the employee's job. During the sabbatical, the employer may pay some or all of the wages that would have been otherwise earned or some or all of the expenses incurred. University lecturers, for example, may be granted a one-year paid sabbatical once every seven years.
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
An interruption, break or pause.
An unexpected break from work.
(geology) A gap in geological strata.
(anatomy) An opening in an organ.
(linguistics)
# A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
# The condition of having such a break.
As nouns the difference between hiatus and sabbatical
is that hiatus is a gap in a series, making it incomplete while sabbatical is an extended period of leave, often one year long, taken by an employee in order to carry out projects not otherwise associated with the employee's job. During the sabbatical, the employer may pay some or all of the wages that would have been otherwise earned or some or all of the expenses incurred. University lecturers, for example, may be granted a one-year paid sabbatical once every seven years.As an adjective sabbatical is
relating to the Sabbath.sabbatical
English
(wikipedia sabbatical)Alternative forms
* sabbaticAdjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)hiatus
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The band took a hiatus for three months.
- Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
- Words like'' reality ''and'' naïve ''contain vowels in hiatus .
