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Living vs Vacation - What's the difference?

living | vacation |

As verbs the difference between living and vacation

is that living is while vacation is to spend or take a vacation.

As nouns the difference between living and vacation

is that living is (uncountable) the state of being alive while vacation is freedom from some business or activity.

As an adjective living

is having life.

living

English

(wikipedia living)

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having life.
  • * :
    • It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
  • In use or existing.
    • Hunanese is a living language.
  • Of everyday life.
    • These living conditions are deplorable.
  • True to life.
    • This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
    • He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

    Antonyms

    * dead * nonliving

    Derived terms

    * living death * living end * livingly * living room * living thing * living will

    Related terms

    * live, life * alive

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being alive.
  • Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
    • What do you do for a living ?
  • A style of life.
    • plain living
  • (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.

    • Derived terms

    * make a living

    Statistics

    * English intensifiers

    vacation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Freedom from some business or activity.
  • (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
  • *, II.28:
    • The first exploited his, sundrie waies, and excelleth in military exploits, and utilitie of his publike vacations .
  • A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
  • (North America) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
  • The act of vacating something; moving out.
    • The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
  • (US, legal) The act of making legally void.

    • Synonyms

    * (UK) holiday (1,4), annulment (2), revocation (2)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To spend or take a vacation.
    • This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.

    Synonyms

    * (UK) go on holiday * *

    Related terms

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    Anagrams

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