Celebration vs. Holiday — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Celebration and Holiday
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Celebration
The action of celebrating an important day or event
The birth of his son was a cause for celebration
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Holiday
An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling.
I spent my summer holidays on a farm
Fred was on holiday in Spain
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Celebration
To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing.
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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.
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Celebration
To perform (a religious ceremony)
Celebrate Mass.
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Holiday
A short period during which the payment of instalments, tax, etc. may be suspended
A pension holiday
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Celebration
To extol or praise
A sonnet that celebrates love.
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Holiday
Spend a holiday in a specified place
He is holidaying in Italy
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Celebration
To make widely known; display
"a determination on the author's part to celebrate ... the offenses of another" (William H. Pritchard).
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Holiday
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.
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Celebration
To observe an occasion with appropriate ceremony or festivity.
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Holiday
A religious feast day; a holy day.
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Celebration
To perform a religious ceremony.
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Holiday
Chiefly British A vacation. Often used in the phrase on holiday.
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Celebration
To engage in festivities
Went out and celebrated after the victory.
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Holiday
To pass a holiday or vacation.
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Celebration
The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
We will attend the Christmas celebration in church.
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Holiday
A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
Today is a Wiccan holiday!
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Celebration
The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.
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Holiday
A day declared free from work by the state or government.
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Celebration
The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.
She jumped in the air in celebration.
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Holiday
A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
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Celebration
A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.
We're having a little celebration tomorrow for Martin's scholarship.
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Holiday
A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
I want to take a French course this summer holiday.
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Celebration
The act, process, or time of celebrating.
His memory deserving a particular celebration.
Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass
To hasten the celebration of their marriage.
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Holiday
(finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
A mortgage payment holiday
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Celebration
A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
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Holiday
A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.
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Celebration
Any joyous diversion
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Holiday
(intransitive) To take a period of time away from work or study.
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Celebration
The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual;
The celebration of marriage
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Holiday
To spend a period of time in recreational travel.
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Holiday
A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
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Holiday
A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.
And young and old come forth to playOn a sunshine holiday.
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Holiday
A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
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Holiday
Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.
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Holiday
Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
Courage is but a holiday kind of virtue, to be seldom exercised.
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Holiday
Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure;
We get two weeks of vacation every summer
We took a short holiday in Puerto Rico
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Holiday
A day on which work is suspended by law or custom;
No mail is delivered on federal holidays
It's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover
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Holiday
Spend or take a vacation
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