Hobby vs Fortune - What's the difference?
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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:
Destiny, especially favorable.
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A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
Good luck.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.
A large amount of money.
(obsolete) To happen, take place.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew ch. 8:
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To provide with a fortune.
To presage; to tell the fortune of.
As a proper noun hobby
is .As an adjective fortune is
with good luck; fortunate.hobby
English
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 severusfortune
English
Noun
(en noun)- you, who men's fortunes in their faces read
- 'Tis more by fortune , lady, than by merit.
- There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune .
Synonyms
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* (good luck)Derived terms
* * fortune hunter * * * * * *Verb
(fortun)- Then the heerdmen, fleed and went there ways into the cite, and tolde everythinge, and what had fortuned unto them that were possessed of the devyls.
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