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Amusement vs Skylarking - What's the difference?

amusement | skylarking | Related terms |

Amusement is a related term of skylarking.


As nouns the difference between amusement and skylarking

is that amusement is amusement while skylarking is playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.

As a verb skylarking is

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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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    • skylarking

    English

    Verb

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    • Noun

  • Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
  • * Herman Melville, Pierre
    • those gods and men whose titles to eminence are secure, seldom worry themselves about the seditious gossip of old apple-women, and the skylarkings of funny little boys in the street.