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Recreation vs Angling - What's the difference?

recreation | angling |

As nouns the difference between recreation and angling

is that recreation is any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates or recreation can be the process of recreating something while angling is a form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.

As a verb angling is

(fishing).

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.

    • angling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fishing)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia angling)
  • A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.
  • * Thomas Barker
    • It is a speciall point to have the sun and moon before you, for the very motion of the rod drives all pleasure from you, either by day or by night; in all your anglings , both with worms and flyes, there must be a great care of that.

    Synonyms

    * the gentle craft