Hobby and Vacation

Hobby

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

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

Nearby Word: hobbyist

Vacation noun - A period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended.

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Hobby and vacation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hobby" instead a noun "Vacation".

old	old hobby	old vacation
expensive	expensive hobby	expensive vacation
nice	nice hobby	nice vacation
original	original hobby	original vacation
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, little, decent, private, personal, secret, new, favorite.

This is a bit of an inversion: rather than doing their job while on vacation, they've figured out a way to get paid for their hobby.

Source: Busman's Holiday
In one case, Taihei takes some vacation time and, once all the chores are caught up on and Umaru isn't home from school yet, finds himself incredibly bored, but starts to develop an interest in cooking as a hobby.

Source: All Work vs. All Play

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