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Amusement vs Repast - What's the difference?

amusement | repast | Related terms |

Amusement is a related term of repast.


As nouns the difference between amusement and repast

is that amusement is amusement while repast is (countable) a meal.

As a verb repast is

(obsolete|transitive) to supply food to; to feast.

amusement

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Entertainment
  • * 2005 , .
  • This is some form of amusement you're talking about.
  • (countable) An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.
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  • repast

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) A meal.
  • * Milton
  • From dance to sweet repast they turn.
  • * 1908 ,
  • When at last they were thoroughly toasted, the Badger summoned them to the table, where he had been busy laying a repast .
  • * 2010 ,
  • "'Tis true, tonight I ate my last of the royal repast ."
  • (uncountable) The food eaten at a meal.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Go and get me some repast .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To supply food to; to feast.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Repast them with my blood.
  • (obsolete) To take food.
  • * Milton
  • He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of our minds.

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