What is the difference between a sport, a game, a pasttime, and an occupation?

[NuclearNed]

Baseball is a sport.
Hockey is a sport.
Swimming (racing) is a sport.
Football is a sport.
Tennis is a sport.
Rugby is a sport.
Wrestling (Greco-Roman, etc.) is a sport.
Running (racing) is a sport.
Cycling (racing) is a sport.
Various skiing events are sports.
and so on...

Golf is a game.
Poker is a game.
Pool (snooker) is a game.
Archery is a game.
Monopoly and Scrabble are games.
Precision marksmanship is a game.
Lawn darts is a game.
Running (evading the cops) is a game.
and so on...

Dancing (all forms) is a pasttime.
Anything involving choreography is a pasttime.
Hunting animals is a pasttime.
Swimming (non-racing) is a pasttime.
Mountaineering is a pasttime.
Cycling (non-racing) is a pasttime.
"Sport" fishing is a pasttime.
and so on...

Automobile racing is an occupation.
Wrestling (TV style) is an occupation.
and so on...

 

[Sheepathon]

Beef is a way of life.

 

[akubi]

hm.

😕

 

[RedCOMET]

Isn't Cheerleading a sport? they compete and stuff....

 

[LeiZaK]

a sport can = a game can = a pasttime can = an occupation. And most all activities can fall into any of these categories depending entirely upon your perspective.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
a sport can = a game can = a pasttime can = an occupation. And most all activities can fall into any of these categories depending entirely upon your perspective.

Sorry, but "sport" fishing is not a sport by anyone's definition.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: RedCOMET
Isn't Cheerleading a sport? they compete and stuff....

Back in high school we had something called "scholar's bowl". Basically, our school's geeks (myself included) tried to answer more useless trivia questions than the other school's geeks. For those participants who were in the most need of getting laid, the competition was fierce. The element of competition still didn't make it a sport. It was a game.

 

[NuclearNed]

I had no idea this thread would die so soon. I mean, I just dared to say that NASCAR is not a sport, and neither is golf. I thought surely someone would bite at that.