diversion

Words with a similar base: diversion, diversionary_attack

'diversion'

[diversion.n.01] as in: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

Examples:
scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists
for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles
drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation

'diversion'

[diversion.n.02] as in: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

Examples:
a diversion from the main highway
a digression into irrelevant details
a deflection from his goal

'diversion'

[diversion.n.03] as in: an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

Origins

					diversion (English)
└── diversion (French)
    └── diversio (Latin)
        ├── diversus (Latin)
        │   └── diverto (Latin)
        └── divertere (Latin)

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