Mayday vs Emergency - What's the difference?
mayday | emergency |
emergency, need assistance
* 2004 , Ken Wishaw, Helicopter Rescue: The true story of Australia's first full-time chopper doctor? , page 82
A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
:Cardiac arrest is an emergency and if you find someone in cardiac arrest you should call 999 immediately.
(US, Canada, often attributive) The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
An individual brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
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(archaic) The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
As an interjection mayday
is emergency, need assistance.As a noun emergency is
a situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.mayday
Translingual
Interjection
(head)- 'Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!' came the call.
Synonyms
* (l)See also
* (l) ----emergency
English
Noun
(emergencies)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Van Gaal responded by replacing Adnan Januzaj with Carrick and, in fairness, the emergency centre-half did exceedingly well given that he has not played since May.