Fiesta vs. Carnival — What's the Difference?

(in Spanish-speaking countries) a religious festival

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).

A festival or religious holiday, especially a saint's day celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries.

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

A celebration or party.

A travelling funfair or circus

A religious festival.

Often Carnival The period of merrymaking and feasting celebrated just before Lent.

A festive occasion.

A traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows.

Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.

A festival or revel

An organized series of acts and performances.

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

An elaborate party (often outdoors)

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

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

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.

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

A festival marked by merrymaking and processions

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

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