Difference between Festival and Fete

What is the difference between Festival and Fete?

Festival as a noun is an event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. while Fete as a noun is a festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.

Festival

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to a feast or feast-day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. in mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.

Example sentence: Cannes is the largest festival of world cinema.

Fete

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To celebrate (a person).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.A feast, celebration or carnival.

We hope you now know whether to use Festival or Fete in your sentence.

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