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Errand vs Activity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between errand and activity

is that errand is a trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc. while activity is the state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.

As a verb errand

is to send someone on an errand.

errand

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.)
  • :
  • The purpose of such trip.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand' not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their ' errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
  • An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
  • Derived terms

    * fool's errand * lost errand

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To send someone on an errand.
  • All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house.
  • To go on an errand.
  • She spent an enjoyable afternoon erranding in the city.

    Anagrams

    * *

    activity

    Noun

    (activities)
  • The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
  • Something done as an action or a movement.
  • Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities , ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • Use (of internet, playstation, bank account etc.).
  • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "activity": increased, decreased, high, low, volcanic, seismic, eruptive, intellectual, physical, mental, spiritual, muscular, cerebral, favorite, recreational, practical, cultural, artistic, literary, musical, political, diplomatic, military, domestic, voluntary, missionary, chemical, optical, productive, reproductive, industrial, commercial, etc.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * rest * passivity

    Derived terms

    * radioactivity