What is the difference between workday and weekday?
workday | weekday | Synonyms |
(en noun) (mainly US)
Any of the days of a week on which work is done. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).
That part of a day in which work is done.
Any day of the week except Sunday and often also Saturday.
Weekday is a synonym of workday.
As nouns the difference between workday and weekday
is that workday is any of the days of a week on which work is done. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends) while weekday is any day of the week except Sunday and often also Saturday.As an adjective workday
is workaday.workday
English
Alternative forms
* work dayNoun
- ''It will take five workdays to process your application.
- My workday is 8 hours.
Synonyms
* working day (mainly UK) * (part of the day) , nine to five * (day on which work is done) weekday * (day on which work is done in legal and official usage) business dayAnagrams
*weekday
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Noun
(en noun)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".