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Pastime vs Repast - What's the difference?

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Pastime is a related term of repast.


As nouns the difference between pastime and repast

is that pastime is that which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion; games while repast is (countable) a meal.

As verbs the difference between pastime and repast

is that pastime is (obsolete) to sport; to amuse oneself while repast is (obsolete|transitive) to supply food to; to feast.

pastime

English

(wikipedia pastime)

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion; games.
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  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

    • Synonyms

    * amusement * diversion * hobby * sport

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    Verb

  • (obsolete) to sport; to amuse oneself

    • Derived terms

    * pastimer * pastiming

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    repast

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) A meal.
  • * Milton
    • From dance to sweet repast they turn.
  • * 1908 ,
    • When at last they were thoroughly toasted, the Badger summoned them to the table, where he had been busy laying a repast .
  • * 2010 ,
    • "'Tis true, tonight I ate my last of the royal repast ."
  • (uncountable) The food eaten at a meal.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Go and get me some repast .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To supply food to; to feast.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Repast them with my blood.
  • (obsolete) To take food.
  • * Milton
    • He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of our minds.

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