Hobby and Practice

Hobby

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

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

Nearby Word: hobbyist

Practice noun - A private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance.

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Hobby and practice are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hobby" instead a noun "Practice".

old	old hobby	old practice
particular	particular hobby	particular practice
normal	normal hobby	normal practice
common	common hobby	common practice
Other adjectives: specific, current, original, popular, actual, entire, real, dangerous, little, sexual, private, ancient, new, early, former, odd, strange.

The Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tails book has a bonus comic involving a medusa who's unable to practice her hobby (sculpture) because everyone keeps taking it for this.

Source: Taken for Granite
She snarkily replied that it must be all those classified ads she places in newspapers, inviting murderers to come practice their hobby in town.

Source: Mystery Magnet
No aspiration points from those, because your wants are all "talk about hobby," "read hobby page in the newspaper," "practice hobby," etc.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Thesims

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