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Macedonia vs Recreation - What's the difference?

macedonia | recreation |

As nouns the difference between macedonia and recreation

is that macedonia is fruit salad (often tinned) while recreation is any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates or recreation can be the process of recreating something.

macedonia

English

(wikipedia Macedonia) (Macedonia naming dispute)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising of the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.
  • The Republic of Macedonia, a country in Europe which is sometimes referred to elliptically (by the UN and others, pending the outcome of a dispute between Macedonia and Greece) as ‘the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’.
  • The largest and second-most populous region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and East Macedonia and Thrace.
  • A modern geographical region which includes the republic of Macedonia, the Greek region of Macedonia and a bit of Bulgaria.
  • The part of that region which is in south-western Bulgaria.

    • Derived terms

    * Macedonian

    See also

    * * Skopje * West Macedonia * Central Macedonia * East Macedonia and Thrace * FYROM * Republic of Macedonia * * Pirin Macedonia * Vardar Macedonia * (Republic of Macedonia) * English words suffixed with -ia ----

    recreation

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , from (etyl) recreacion, from (etyl) recreatio.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
    • Derived terms
    * recreation center * recreation facility * recreation room * R and R
    Synonyms
    * leisure

    Etymology 2

    (re-) + (creation)

    Alternative forms

    * re-creation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of recreating something.
  • The result of this process.