[ˈhɒbi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure
(e.g: her hobbies are reading and gardening)

- a small horse or pony


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English hobyn, hoby, from pet forms of the given name Robin. Originally in hobby (compare with dobbin), it later came to denote a toy horse or hobby horse, hence ‘an activity done for pleasure’

[ˈhɒbi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a migratory Old World falcon with long, narrow wings, catching dragonflies and birds on the wing


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French hobet, diminutive of hobe ‘falcon’