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Fest vs Carnival - What's the difference?

fest | carnival |

As a noun fest

is celebration, festival, party.

As a proper noun carnival is

the season just before the beginning of the has its mardi gras carnival.

fest

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (in combination) A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.

    • Related terms

    * -fest * festschrift

    Anagrams

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    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

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