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Difference between Half-holiday and Half-term holiday

half-holidaya day of which half is free from work or duty:

  • Wall-street took the half holiday that the law allowed her yesterday. The Exchanges closed at noon.

half-term holiday—(UK, also: half-term) a short vacation for schools halfway through a semester:

  • Oliver arranged for them to spend three days out of their half-term holiday at a camp.