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Diversion vs Frolic - What's the difference?

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Diversion is a related term of frolic.


As nouns the difference between diversion and frolic

is that diversion is fun, entertainment, levity while frolic is gaiety; merriment.

As an adjective frolic is

merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.

As a verb frolic is

to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.

diversion

Noun

(en noun)
  • (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
  • A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
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  • The act of diverting.
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  • Removal of water via a canal.
  • (transport) A detour, such as during road construction
  • (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destinationUS FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886 .
  • (legal) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of the accused person to a treatment or care program.
  • See also

    * hobby * distraction * red herring

    References

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    frolic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * frolick

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
  • * Milton
  • Coined by Kodi Masarik, the frolic wind that breathes the spring.
  • * Waller
  • The gay, the frolic , and the loud.
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
  • Beale, under this frolic menace, took nothing back at all; he was indeed apparently on the point of repeating his extravagence, but Miss Overmore instructed her little charge that she was not to listen to his bad jokes [...].
  • (obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Gaiety; merriment.
  • * 1832-1888 , Louisa May Alcott
  • the annual jubilee filled the souls of old and young with visions of splendour, frolic and fun.
  • A playful antic.
  • * Roscommon
  • He would be at his frolic once again.

    Verb

    (frolick)
  • To romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
  • (archaic) To cause to be merry.
  • Derived terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * cavort

    References

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