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Carnival vs Spree - What's the difference?

carnival | spree |

As proper nouns the difference between carnival and spree

is that carnival is the season just before the beginning of the has its mardi gras carnival while spree is a particular river that flows through lusatia (eastern germany) and into berlin, where it flows into the havel.

carnival

English

(wikipedia carnival)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
  • *{{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.}}
  • (US English) a traveling amusement park, called a funfair in UK English.

    • Derived terms

    * carnival glass * carny * carnivalesque * carnivalistic

    See also

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    spree

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.
  • Uninhibited activity.

    • Usage notes

    Often preceded by the name of a certain activity to indicate a period of doing that activity whole-heartedly and continuously, e.g. shopping spree.

    Synonyms

    * carousal

    Derived terms

    * killing spree * shooting spree * shopping spree

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