Career and Hobby

Career

Career noun - The particular occupation for which you are trained.

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Hobby and career are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hobby" instead a noun "Career".

Nearby Words: careered, careerist, careering

Hobby noun - An activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure.

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Career and hobby are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Career" instead a noun "Hobby".

Nearby Word: hobbyist

old	old career	old hobby
current	current career	current hobby
original	original career	original hobby
actual	actual career	actual hobby
Other adjectives: entire, real, main, decent, artistic, respectable, secret, new, early, former, different.

They may look rotund, but most of that is muscle, not fat, and many make a hobby or career of lifting several times their own body weight.

Source: Mugging The Monster / Real Life
Transgender: While the three leads are ostensibly just drag queens, Vida's character arc is about seeking acceptance as her female persona, which strongly implies that it's more than just a hobby or career for her.

Source: Film / To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
A Camp Gay man or Butch Lesbian may act according to the opposite genders stereotypes, especially if they perform drag as a hobby or career, but they don't identify as actually being the opposite gender.

Source: Trans Equals Gay

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