Hobby vs Nobby - What's the difference?
hobby | nobby |
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 .
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(UK) Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person of great wealth or social standing).
* , 1876, Levi C. Goodale, Charlie Lulledge (editors), Works of Charles Dickens: Bleak House ,
* 1873 , ,
(US) Fashionable or chic.
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* 1925 April 11, Busybody, "Jottings About Town", in , page 25,
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As proper nouns the difference between hobby and nobby
is that hobby is while nobby is .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 severusnobby
English
Adjective
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- I'll come back in the course of the evening, if agreeable to you, and endeavor to meet your wishes respecting this unfortunate family matter, and the nobbiest way of keeping it quiet.
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- "What makes it worse,” she continued, in the extremity of confidence, “I heard those two cricketing men say just now, 'She's the nobbiest girl on the boat.' But I don't mind it, you know, Harry."
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- Undertaking?—why it's the dead-surest business in Christendom, and the nobbiest .
- Quite nobby are the suitings appearing on some of our better Fifth Avenue young men.
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- Alcibiades, was the nobbiest boy in Greece.