Celebration vs. Holiday — What's the Difference?

The action of celebrating an important day or event

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

To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing.

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.

To perform (a religious ceremony)

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

To extol or praise

Spend a holiday in a specified place

To make widely known; display

A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.

To observe an occasion with appropriate ceremony or festivity.

A religious feast day; a holy day.

To perform a religious ceremony.

Chiefly British A vacation. Often used in the phrase on holiday.

To engage in festivities

To pass a holiday or vacation.

The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.

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

The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.

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

The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.

A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.

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

The act, process, or time of celebrating.

(finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.

A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

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

Any joyous diversion

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

The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual;

To spend a period of time in recreational travel.

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

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

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

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

Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.

Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure;

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

Spend or take a vacation