Festival vs. Carnival

Festivaladjective

Pertaining to a feast or feast-day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)

Festivalnoun

An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.

Festivalnoun

In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.

Festivalnoun

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Festivaladjective

Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.

Festivalnoun

a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

Festivalnoun

an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place);

Festivalnoun

a day or period of celebration, typically for religious reasons

Festivalnoun

an organized series of concerts, plays, or films, typically one held annually in the same place

Festival

A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid.

Carnivalnoun

Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.

Carnivalnoun

A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.

Carnivalnoun

(US) A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.

Carnivalnoun

A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday.

Carnivalnoun

Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess.

Carnivalnoun

a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

Carnivalnoun

a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a circus or carnival;

Carnivalnoun

a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

Carnivalnoun

an annual festival, typically during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade

Carnivalnoun

a public event or celebration, typically held outdoors and involving stalls, entertainment, and processions

Carnivalnoun

an exciting or riotous mixture of elements

Carnivalnoun

a travelling funfair or circus

Carnival

Carnival is a Western Christian festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent. The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent).