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What is the difference between sabbath and weekend?

sabbath | weekend |

As a noun weekend is

the break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day thus in western countries, saturday and sunday occasionally abbreviated to w/e.

As a verb weekend is

to spend the weekend.

As a adjective weekend is

of, relating to or for the weekend.

sabbath

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The (l) seventh (l) of the (l), observed as a day of rest in (l), , starting at (l) on (l) till sundown on (l).
  • (l), observed throughout the majority of (l) as a day of rest.
  • (l), observed in (l) as a day of rest.
  • A meeting of , presided over by the devil. (Also: witches' sabbath or black sabbath).
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 419:
    • Around this conception was built up the notion of ritual devil-worship, involving the sabbath or nocturnal meeting at which the witches gathered to worship their master and to copulate with him.

    Related terms

    * sabbatic * sabbatical

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from the Bible

    weekend

    English

    (wikipedia weekend)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday. Occasionally abbreviated to w/e.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1903 , author=Francis Markham , coauthors=Sir Clements Robert Markham , title=Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849-1855 , page=34 , passage=... often took a few boys down there for what we North Country folk call the weekend — Saturday and Sunday; it was also used as a sanatorium if required.}}

    Usage notes

    Historically in North America and parts of Europe, people would often work on Saturday as well, or at least until noon on Saturday. Thus the "weekend" might begin at noon or later on Saturday in older texts. To describe the soonest upcoming weekend: * (UK, New Zealand) "at the weekend", "on the weekend", "this weekend", "for the weekend" ** {{quote-journal, **, , year=1886 , author=New Zealand Parliament , title=Parliamentary debates , volume=324 , page=2371 , passage=Let them work at their ordinary jobs during the week, and then take them out of circulation at the weekend , which is usually the time when the trouble is ... ** {{quote-news, indent2=**: , year=2009 , author=Great Britain House of Commons: Business and Enterprise Committee , title=Pre-appointment Hearing with the Chairman-elect of Ofcom, Dr. Colette Bowe , page=16 , passage=Whether it is on the BBC, ITV or commercial radio does not really matter. ...can give you a radio example of two things I was listening to at the weekend .}} * (US, Canada) "on the weekend", "this weekend", "for the weekend" ("at the weekend" is not used) }} ** {{quote-book, indent2=**: , year=2002 , author=United States Senate: Committee on Armed Services , title=Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 2002 , page=722 , passage=I am going to Moscow on the weekend to participate in the discussion, ...}}

    Alternative forms

    * week-end

    Related terms

    * weekender * dirty weekend * weekday * weekend warrior * long weekend

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To spend the weekend.
    • We'll weekend at the beach.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, relating to or for the weekend.
    • I'm wearing my weekend shoes
  • Occurring at the weekend.
    • a weekend break