Leisure vs. Entertainment

Leisurenoun

Freedom provided by the cessation of activities.

Leisurenoun

Free time, time free from work or duties.

Leisurenoun

Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.

Leisurenoun

Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment.

Leisurenoun

Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.

Leisureadjective

Unemployed; as, leisure hours.

Leisurenoun

time available for ease and relaxation;

Leisurenoun

freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity;

Leisure

Leisure has often been defined as a quality of experience or as free time. Free time is time spent away from business, work, job hunting, domestic chores, and education, as well as necessary activities such as eating and sleeping.

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.