Hobby vs. Sports — What's the Difference?

A hobby is considered to be a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time. Hobbies include collecting themed items and objects, engaging in creative and artistic pursuits, playing sports, or pursuing other amusements.

An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

An activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure

Often sports (used with a sing. verb) Such activities considered as a group

A small horse or pony.

A usually challenging activity undertaken for amusement

A migratory Old World falcon with long, narrow wings, catching dragonflies and birds on the wing.

Fun; amusement

An activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation and engaged in primarily for pleasure.

Mockery; jest

Any of several small falcons of the genus Falco, formerly used for catching small birds or game.

An object of mockery, jest, or play

An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

A joking mood or attitude

(horses) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby

One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation

Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.

(Informal) A fair-minded person, especially one who accepts teasing or difficult situations well

A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

(Informal) A pleasant companion

A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag.

A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.

A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride.

A gambler at sporting events.

A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.

(Biology) An organism or a part of an organism that shows a marked change from the parent type, typically as a result of mutation.

An auxiliary activity

(Obsolete) Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.

A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride

To play or frolic

Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds

To joke or trifle

To wear or have on one's body, especially prominently or ostentatiously

To have as a prominent feature

Of, relating to, or appropriate for sports

Designed or appropriate for outdoor or informal wear

Plural of sport

Standard spelling of sport, the class of physical activies

To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.