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Hedonic vs Entertainment - What's the difference?

hedonic | entertainment |

As an adjective hedonic

is of or relating to pleasure.

As a noun entertainment is

an activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.

hedonic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to pleasure
  • Pursuing pleasure in a devoted manner
  • Of or relating to the hedonists or to hedonism

    • Derived terms

    * hedonically

    Related terms

    * hedonism * hedonist * hedonics

    entertainment

    English

    (wikipedia entertainment)

    Alternative forms

    * entretainment (chiefly archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
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  • a show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others
  • (obsolete) maintenance or support
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  • Admission into service; service.
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  • (obsolete) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
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    • The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence.

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