Hobby vs Arenophile - What's the difference?
hobby | arenophile |
An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
(horses) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the
Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco'', especially ''Falco subbuteo .
* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 323:
One who collects sand samples as a hobby.
(botany) A plant that thrives in or requires a sandy environment to grow.
* {{quote-book, 1902, James Fraser Robinson, The Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire
, passage=It seems to be a characteristic arenophile . Not common in Holderness except on the morainic gravels, being the chief plant on Coneygarth Hill, near Brandesburton.}}
As a proper noun hobby
is .As a noun arenophile is
one who collects sand samples as a hobby.hobby
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Etymology 1
Shortened from (hobby-horse), from (etyl) hoby, hobyn, . The meaning of hobby-horse shifted from "small horse, pony" to "child's toy riding horse" to "favorite pastime or avocation" with the connecting notion being "activity that doesn't go anywhere". Possibly originally from a proper name for a horse, a diminutive of (Robert) or (Robin) (compare (dobbin)).Noun
(wikipedia hobby) (hobbies)- I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby .
Synonyms
* (activity done for enjoyment in spare time ): avocation, pastimeDerived terms
* hobbyistEtymology 2
From (etyl) hobet, from , diminutive of (hobe).Noun
(hobbies)- He hawked – from nearby Esher, Richard Fox sent a servant with a hobby , which Henry received enthusiastically – and hunted, sending a present of freshly slaughtered deer to Princess Mary.
Derived terms
* (African hobby), Falco cuvierii * (Australian hobby), Falco longipennis * (Eurasian hobby), Falco subbuteo * (Oriental hobby), Falco severusarenophile
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