Entertainment vs. Fun

Entertainmentnoun

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.

Entertainmentnoun

A show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others.

Entertainmentnoun

(obsolete) Maintenance or support.

Entertainmentnoun

(obsolete) Admission into service; service.

Entertainmentnoun

(obsolete) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.

Entertainmentnoun

(obsolete) Reception; (provision of) food to guests or travellers.

Entertainmentnoun

The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.

Entertainmentnoun

That which entertains, or with which one is entertained;

Entertainmentnoun

Admission into service; service.

Entertainmentnoun

Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.

Entertainmentnoun

a diversion that holds the attention

Entertainment

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention.

Funnoun

amusement, enjoyment or pleasure

Funnoun

playful, often noisy, activity.

Funadjective

(informal) enjoyable, amusing

Funadjective

(informal) whimsical, flamboyant

Funverb

(colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.

Funnoun

Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.

Funnoun

activities that are enjoyable or amusing;

Funnoun

verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously);

Funnoun

violent and excited activity;

Funnoun

a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement;

Funadjective

providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining;

Funnoun

enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure

Funnoun

a source of fun

Funnoun

playfulness or good humour

Funnoun

behaviour or an activity that is intended purely for amusement and should not be interpreted as having any serious or malicious purpose

Funadjective

amusing, entertaining, or enjoyable

Funadjective

(of a place or event) providing entertainment or leisure activities for children

Funverb

joke or tease

Fun

Fun is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as . Although particularly associated with recreation and play, it may be encountered during working time.