different between recreation vs skylarking

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French récréation, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreatio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?-kr?-??sh?n, IPA^(key): /??k?i?e???n/
• (US) enPR: r?-kr?-??sh?n, IPA^(key): /??k?i?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

recreation (countable and uncountable, plural recreations)

1. Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

Synonyms

• leisure

Derived terms

Related terms

• recreate

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? creation

Alternative forms

• re-creation

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?-kr?-??sh?n, IPA^(key): /?i?k?i?e???n/
• (US) enPR: r?-kr?-??sh?n, IPA^(key): /?i?k?i?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

recreation (plural recreations)

1. The process of recreating something.
2. The result of this process.

Usage notes

Hyphenated form re-creation avoids confusion with more common other sense.

Related terms

• recreate

Translations

English

Etymology

From skylark +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sk??l??k??/

Verb

skylarking

1. present participle of skylark

Noun

skylarking (countable and uncountable, plural skylarkings)

1. (originally nautical) Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
   • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

     […] those gods and men whose titles to eminence are secure, seldom worry themselves about the seditious gossip of old apple-women, and the skylarkings of funny little boys in the street.

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