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Idiomatic vs Workaday - What's the difference?

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Idiomatic is a related term of workaday.


As adjectives the difference between idiomatic and workaday

is that idiomatic is pertaining or conforming to the mode of expression characteristic of a language while workaday is suitable for everyday use.

idiomatic

English

Alternative forms

* idiomatick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining or conforming to the mode of expression characteristic of a language.
  • Resembling or characteristic of an idiom.
  • Using many idioms.
  • (music) Parts or pieces which are written both within the natural physical limitations of the instrument and human body and, less so or less often, the styles of playing used on specific instruments.

    • Antonyms

    * unidiomatic

    Related terms

    * idiom * idiomatical * idiomatically * idiomaticity

    References

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    workaday

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • suitable for everyday use
  • mundane or commonplace

    • Quotations

    * 1916 , (Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man), (James Joyce), Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, p. 102: *:A retreat, my dear boys, signifies a withdrawal for a while from the cares of our life, the cares of this workaday world, in order to examine the state of our conscience, to reflect on the mysteries of holy religion and to understand better why we are here in this world."

    Related terms

    * workday

    References