Diversion vs Romp - What's the difference?
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(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.
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To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
* When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.
(US) (Often used with down ) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
* If I romp down on the gas, it'll do sixty in six seconds.
* Coach Smith had to romp on 'em to get 'em out of a losing streak.
To win easily.
* England romped to an easy win over Australia.
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(slang) To engage in playful or boisterous sex.
A period of boisterous play, a frolic.
(slang) A bout of playful or boisterous sex.
* Sex romp at Windsor castle (headline in )
(archaic) A girl who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.
Diversion is a related term of romp.
As nouns the difference between diversion and romp
is that diversion is fun, entertainment, levity while romp is a period of boisterous play, a frolic.As a verb romp is
to play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.diversion
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(wikipedia diversion)Noun
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(en verb)Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
- Ronald Koeman collected that prize in the run-up to this game, and then watched his team romp to their biggest victory for nearly a century, inflicting a defeat that Sunderland will struggle to forget.