Does the Word Avocation Mean?

1 : a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby He's a professional musician, but his avocation is photography.

Where did the word avocation come from?

Both avocation and vocation derive originally from a Latin verb, vocare, which means "to call." Avocation derives from a compounded version of this word, avocatio, which compounded ab (a preposition meaning "away from") and vocare to create a word that signified a "distraction" or something off the main path.

What is an avocational interest?

An avocation is an activity that you pursue when you're not at work — a hobby. ... A vocation is the work you do because you have to; an avocation is what you do for pleasure, not pay. The ancient Latin root is a vocare a calling away from one's work, or a distraction.