recreation ~ hobby ~ habit ~ relaxation
[different pronunciation]
“Recreation” (noun — for the right pronunciation, please click here) is ‘the act of doing some amusing and/or light (simple, easy) activity in order to spend some free time, after regular work, for fun or pleasure – to take away the physical and mental stress from work’,
e.g.
After their shift hours, the workers can play some board games, read some magazines or watch TV in the club hall for some recreation.
On Saturdays and Sundays students are shown some cartoon films for recreation.
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“Hobby” (noun, with plural form ‘hobbies’; apart from other meanings — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here) is ‘a light and simple but interesting activity a person enjoys doing in free time, usually with less physical work, and pursuing it for some years, usually without spending a lot of money’,
e.g.
Stamp and coin collection, reading novels and story books, listening to or playing music, gardening, photography and painting are some of the common hobbies.
Making three-dimensional collage with scrap material is my old aunt’s hobby.
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“Habit” (noun — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here) is ‘some activity that a person or group of people do regularly as a part of their day day to day life, or as a custom; some activity that cannot be given up’
e.g.
Picking nose is one of the bad habits that children can’t give up easily.
He’s making a habit of coming late for work.
Drinking too much alcohol and smoking are the two common but harmful habits.
nun’s habit
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“Relaxation” (noun — for the right pronunciation, please click here) is ‘the act of doing something simple and easy, or sometimes not doing anything at all, in order to make oneself less worrying or to take off one’s mental or physical stress; to do something, or not doing anything, to take away the stiffness of the body or tension on the mind’,
e.g.
After four long hours of work, we went out for a walk in the garden for a bit of relaxation.
