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Seasonal vs Occasional - What's the difference?

seasonal | occasional |

As adjectives the difference between seasonal and occasional

is that seasonal is of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics while occasional is occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time.

As a noun seasonal

is anything that is seasonal, such as a financial trend, a product for sale, or an employee.

seasonal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, related to or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.
  • :It is a seasonal swimming pool.
  • Antonyms

    * unseasonal

    Derived terms

    * seasonal affective disorder

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that is seasonal, such as a financial trend, a product for sale, or an employee.
  • occasional

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time.
  • Not very often.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=7 citation , passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
  • *
  • Created for a specific occasion.
  • Intended for use as the occasion requires.
  • Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
  • Derived terms

    {{der3, occasionally , occasional table}}