different between pastime vs avocation
pastime
English
Alternative forms
- passtime, pass-time (both obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?pæs.ta?m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??s.ta?m/
Noun
pastime (plural pastimes)
- Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.
- Synonyms: kill-time; see also Thesaurus:hobby
Translations
Further reading
- pastime in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Verb
pastime (third-person singular simple present pastimes, present participle pastiming, simple past and past participle pastimed)
- (intransitive, obsolete) to sport; to amuse oneself
Derived terms
- pastimer
- pastiming
Anagrams
- impaste, site map, sitemap
pastime From the web:
- what pastimes should knights participate in
- what pastime mean
- what pastime did jane enjoy
- what did knights do for fun
- what do knights do for fun
- what did knights do in their spare time
avocation
English
Etymology
From Latin ?voc?ti? (“a distraction”), from ?voc? (“I call off, distract”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /av?(?)?ke???n/
- (US) IPA(key): /ævo??ke???n/, /æv??ke???n/
- Hyphenation: av?o?ca?tion
Noun
avocation (countable and uncountable, plural avocations)
- (obsolete) A calling away; a diversion.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 204:
- But though she could neither sleep nor rest in her bed, yet, having no avocation from it, she was found there by her father at his return from Allworthy's, which was not till past ten o'clock in the morning.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 204:
- A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
- 1934, Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time
- But yield who will to their separation,
- My object in living is to unite
- My avocation and my vocation
- As my two eyes make one in sight.
- 18 April, 1986, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5462
- Gardening is a wholesome avocation that encourages appreciation for nature and concern for the preservation and enhancement of our environment.
- 1934, Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time
- That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
- Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
- November 1, 1711, William King, Letter to Jonathan Swift
- I have several things on the anvil, and near finished, that perhaps might be useful, if published: but the continual avocation by business, the impositions on me by impertinent visits, and the uneasiness of writing, which grows more intolerable to me every day, I doubt, will prevent my going any farther.
- I have been received with unsurpassable politeness, delicacy, sweet temper, hospitality, consideration, and with unsurpassable respect for the privacy daily enforced upon me by the nature of my avocation here and the state of my health.
- November 1, 1711, William King, Letter to Jonathan Swift
- The calling of a case from an inferior to a superior court.
Synonyms
- (hobby): See also Thesaurus:hobby
Related terms
- avocational
- avocationally
- vocation
Translations
See also
- volunteerism
avocation From the web:
- what vocational
- what vocational school
- what vocation means
- what vocational rehabilitation services
- what vocational jobs pay the most
- what vocational schools are near me
- what vocational jobs are in demand
- what vocations are in demand
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