Fun and Hobby

Fun

Fun noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

Usage example: came outside to where we were playing touch football and joined the fun

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

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

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Fun and hobby are semantically related in pleasurable pastime topic. Sometimes you can use "Fun" instead a noun "Hobby".

Nearby Word: hobbyist

nice	nice fun	nice hobby
particular	particular fun	particular hobby
wholesome	wholesome fun	wholesome hobby
popular	popular fun	popular hobby
Other adjectives: actual, real, little, cruel, fun, innocent, interesting, private, silly, greatest.

He gets made fun of for this hobby and he is eventually killed while buying a model train at a hobby shop.

Source: Rail Enthusiast
Tristram Shandy has a lot of fun with the fact that, at the time it was written, the word "hobby-horse" could mean either "obsession" or "prostitute".

Source: Get Thee to a Nunnery
Bonforte and the Emperor had a friendly in joke between them: the Emperor would always invite him to play trains and Bonforte would always refuse and make fun of his hobby.

Source: Literature / Double Star

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