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Weekender vs Tote - What's the difference?

weekender | tote |

As nouns the difference between weekender and tote

is that weekender is someone who visits a place for a weekend break while tote is a bag, specifically a tote bag.

As a verb tote is

to carry or bear.

weekender

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who visits a place for a weekend break.
  • A small suitcase with the capacity needed for a weekend.
  • A place used primarily for weekends away.
    • We have a nice little weekender up in the mountains.
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    tote

    English

    (wikipedia tote)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bag, specifically a tote bag.
  • A heavy burden.

    • Verb

    (tot)
  • To carry or bear.
  • *, chapter=8
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of (total), with e to distinguish from (tot) in writing

    Alternative forms

    * tot

    Verb

    (tot)
  • To add up; to calculate a total.

    • Etymology 3

    Shortening of (totalizator)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator
  • *1892 , Banjo Paterson,
  • *:He was a humorist of note and keen at repartee,
  • *:He laid the odds and kept a "tote ", whatever that may be,