Hobby and Vocation

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

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Vocation is an antonym for hobby in pleasurable pastime topic.

Nearby Word: hobbyist

Vocation noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.

Usage example: finally made sculpting her vocation instead of just a hobby

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Hobby is an antonym for vocation.

particular	particular hobby	particular vocation
specific	specific hobby	specific vocation
single	single hobby	single vocation
actual	actual hobby	actual vocation
Other adjectives: entire, main, artistic, new, former, different.

This goes against everything we know about cutie marks, which appear after a pony discovered their destiny, and reflects a particular skill/idea, often a hobby, not vocation.

Source: Shocking Swerve

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