This page will make sure you never confuse avocation and vocation again! Read the definitions, check out our example sentences, and be sure to follow the twitter feed to see how the internet is using these words in a sentence.
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Definition
Avocation
An auxiliary activity
Examples
My father is a chemist but painting is his avocation.
Vocation
The particular occupation for which you are trained
Examples
Jim's vocation is teaching, though his hobby is bee keeping.
Live Twitter Feeds
What's the internet saying about avocation/vocation?
@MDSResource: Through work or play, job or family, vocation or avocation, you can experience the joy of creating, sharing, and being acknowledged.
@ilkeryoldas: But yield who will to their separation, My object in living is to unite, My avocation and my vocation, As my two eyes make one in sight.
@kenneybaden: @jenbernHLN @UGHGross I miss the gr8 HLN team 2- but sometimes my own work/commitments vocation happens to interfere with my avocation.
@GregBPool: When vocation & avocation meet: http://t.co/KlER0pgb7m @ManUtd_PO presents @drupalcon #GFOP @MenInBlazers http://t.co/EUyDuXIMXz
@Codemizell: #12: vocation as avocation. A life exemplified by MCA. http://t.co/RmrjPC4iRn via #codemizell
@500Sandwiches: When you wish your avocation was your vocation #ineedabottleofwine
@nathansnelgrove: RT @morphorod: When you make your avocation your vocation you need a new hobby.
@morphorod: When you make your avocation your vocation you need a new hobby.