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Weekly vs Weekday - What's the difference?

weekly | weekday |

As nouns the difference between weekly and weekday

is that weekly is a publication that is published once a week while weekday is any day of the week except Sunday and often also Saturday.

As an adverb weekly

is once every week.

As an adjective weekly

is of or relating to a week.

weekly

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Once every week.
  • She visits her mother weekly.
  • Every week.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to a week.
  • Happening once a week, or every week.
  • He's going for his weekly check-up at the hospital.

    Synonyms

    * hebdomadal

    Noun

    (weeklies)
  • A publication that is published once a week.
  • Descendants

    * Japanese: English frequency adverbs

    weekday

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any day of the week except Sunday and often also Saturday. American Heritage][http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/weekday Collins][http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekday Merriam-Webster
  • In countries with a six-day workweek (including all countries in the past), the weekdays are the same as the workdays (working days). In countries with a five-day workweek, the term weekday sometimes has the old meaning "all days except Sunday" and sometimes refers to "all days except Saturday and Sunday".

    Synonyms

    * workday * working day * (day on which work is done in legal and official usage) business day

    References