Circus and Entertainment

Circus

Circus noun - A large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators.

Entertainment and circus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Entertainment" instead a noun "Circus".

Entertainment

Entertainment noun - The act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public.

Circus and entertainment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Circus" instead a noun "Entertainment".

Both words in one sentence

  • Forced into Their Sunday Best He describes himself as thuggish and lopsided in them, and compares himself to a circus animal stuffed into human clothing for the entertainment of the crowd.
  • Useful Notes / The '90s Elsewhere in live entertainment, the Canadian company Cirque du Soleil brought European-style "contemporary circus" to the masses.
  • While a human does show up he's in fact the least human of any creature; he's a beastlike caveman shown for entertainment to the talking animals in circus shows, and presumably zoos.
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