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corrupt | weekend |

As adjectives the difference between corrupt and weekend

is that corrupt is in a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals while weekend is of, relating to or for the weekend.

As verbs the difference between corrupt and weekend

is that corrupt is to make ; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert while weekend is to spend the weekend.

As a noun weekend is

the break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day thus in western countries, saturday and sunday occasionally abbreviated to w/e.

corrupt

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
    • The government here is corrupt , so we'll emigrate to escape them.
  • * Shakespeare
    • At what ease / Might corrupt' minds procure knaves as ' corrupt / To swear against you.
  • Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
    • The text of the manuscript is corrupt .
    It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.
  • In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
  • * Knolles
    • Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "corrupt" is often applied: practice, state, country, nation, regime, city, government, person, man, politician, leader, mayor, judge, member, minister, file, database, document, woman.

    Quotations

    * , Genesis 6:11 *: The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

    Synonyms

    * corrupted

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make ; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
    • Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!
  • * , Genesis 6:12
    • And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
  • To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify.
    • to corrupt language, or a holy text
  • To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
  • * Bible, Matthew vi. 19
    • Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt .

    Related terms

    * corruptible * corruption * incorruptible

    References

    * *

    weekend

    English

    (wikipedia weekend)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday. Occasionally abbreviated to w/e.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1903 , author=Francis Markham , coauthors=Sir Clements Robert Markham , title=Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849-1855 , page=34 , passage=... often took a few boys down there for what we North Country folk call the weekend — Saturday and Sunday; it was also used as a sanatorium if required.}}

    Usage notes

    Historically in North America and parts of Europe, people would often work on Saturday as well, or at least until noon on Saturday. Thus the "weekend" might begin at noon or later on Saturday in older texts. To describe the soonest upcoming weekend: * (UK, New Zealand) "at the weekend", "on the weekend", "this weekend", "for the weekend" ** {{quote-journal, **, , year=1886 , author=New Zealand Parliament , title=Parliamentary debates , volume=324 , page=2371 , passage=Let them work at their ordinary jobs during the week, and then take them out of circulation at the weekend , which is usually the time when the trouble is ... ** {{quote-news, indent2=**: , year=2009 , author=Great Britain House of Commons: Business and Enterprise Committee , title=Pre-appointment Hearing with the Chairman-elect of Ofcom, Dr. Colette Bowe , page=16 , passage=Whether it is on the BBC, ITV or commercial radio does not really matter. ...can give you a radio example of two things I was listening to at the weekend .}} * (US, Canada) "on the weekend", "this weekend", "for the weekend" ("at the weekend" is not used) }} ** {{quote-book, indent2=**: , year=2002 , author=United States Senate: Committee on Armed Services , title=Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 2002 , page=722 , passage=I am going to Moscow on the weekend to participate in the discussion, ...}}

    Alternative forms

    * week-end

    Related terms

    * weekender * dirty weekend * weekday * weekend warrior * long weekend

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To spend the weekend.
    • We'll weekend at the beach.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, relating to or for the weekend.
    • I'm wearing my weekend shoes
  • Occurring at the weekend.
    • a weekend break