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plaything vs hobby

hobby vs plaything

plaything and hobby both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plaything Yes No No No
hobby Yes No No No
As nouns, hobby is a hyponym of plaything; that is, hobby is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plaything:
  • plaything: an artifact designed to be played with
  • hobby: a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
Other hyponyms of plaything include ball, balloon, cockhorse, doll, dolly, doll's house, dollhouse, Frisbee, hobbyhorse, rocking horse, hula-hoop, jack-in-the-box, jungle gym, jumping jack, kaleidoscope, kite, Lego, Lego set, Meccano, Meccano set, pea shooter, pinata, pinwheel, pinwheel wind collector, playhouse, wendy house, pogo stick, popgun, rattle, sandbox, sandpile, sandpit, dandle board, seesaw, teeter-totter, teeter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board, playground slide, slide, sliding board, catapult, sling, slingshot, stick horse, swing, teddy, teddy bear, spinning top, teetotum, top, whirligig, train set, squirt gun, squirter, water gun, water pistol, yo-yo, adult toy, sex toy, sand toy.
plaything (noun) hobby (noun)
an artifact designed to be played with an auxiliary activity
small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
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