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Recreational vs Entertainment - What's the difference?

recreational | entertainment |

As an adjective recreational

is used for recreation, for fun or pleasure.

As a noun entertainment is

an activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.

recreational

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Used for recreation, for fun or pleasure.

    • entertainment

    English

    (wikipedia entertainment)

    Alternative forms

    * entretainment (chiefly archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
  • *
  • a show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others
  • (obsolete) maintenance or support
  • *
  • Admission into service; service.
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  • (obsolete) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
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    • The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence.

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