Weak, Week
Weak is an adjective which means lacking physical strength or feeble. Weak may also mean lacking in moral strength, easily influenced or lured into temptation. A person or thing which exerts little force is considered weak. Related words are weaker, weakest and weakish. Weak comes from the Old English word wac, meaning pliant, of little worth, not steadfast.
A week is a period of any seven consecutive days. A calendrical week consists of seven days named Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Some calendars consider Monday to be the first day of the week, some calendars consider Sunday to be the first day of the week. British English speakers use week as an adverb, to refer to seven days after or before a specified day. Week comes from the Old English words wucu, wicu and wice meaning change, alteration, a turning or succession.
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