Holiday vs. Eve

Holidaynoun

A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.

Holidaynoun

A day declared free from work by the state or government.

Holidaynoun

A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural (US English: vacation).

Holidaynoun

(US English: vacation) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).

Holidaynoun

A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.

Holidayverb

To take a period of time away from work or study.

Holidayverb

(British) To spend a period of time for travel.

Holidaynoun

A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.

Holidaynoun

A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.

Holidaynoun

A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.

Holidayadjective

Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.

Holidayadjective

Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.

Holidaynoun

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure;

Holidaynoun

a day on which work is suspended by law or custom;

Holidayverb

spend or take a vacation

Holidaynoun

an extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling.

Holidaynoun

a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done

Holidaynoun

characteristic of a holiday; festive

Holidaynoun

a short period during which the payment of instalments, tax, etc. may be suspended

Holidayverb

spend a holiday in a specified place

Holiday

A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tradition of cultural or religious significance.

Evenoun

The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.

Evenoun

Evening, night.

Evenoun

(figurative) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced

Evenoun

Evening.

Evenoun

The evening before a holiday, - from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at midnight; as, Christmas eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event.

Evenoun

(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

Evenoun

the day before;

Evenoun

the period immediately before something;

Evenoun

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall);

Eve

Eve (; Hebrew: חַוָּה‎, Chava /χaˈva/, Tiberian: Ḥawwāh; Arabic: حَوَّاء‎, romanized: Ḥawwāʾ; Greek: Εὕα, romanized: Heúa; Latin: Eva, Heva; Syriac: ܚܰܘܳܐ romanized: ḥawâ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. According to the origin story of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman, yet some debate within Judaism has also given that position to Lilith.