Pleasure - (a) Good time - Enjoyment - (a) Great time
These are all words for the feeling of enjoying yourself, or activities or time that you enjoy.
Fun (rather informal) the feeling of enjoying yourself; activities that you enjoy: We had a lot of fun at Sarah's party. | Sailing is good/great fun.
Pleasure (rather formal) the feeling of enjoying yourself or being satisfied: Reading for pleasure and reading for study are not the same.
(a) Good time (rather informal) a time that you spend enjoying yourself: We had a good time in Spain.
Enjoyment (rather formal) the feeling of enjoying yourself: I get a lot of enjoyment from music.
(a) Great time (rather informal) a time that you spend enjoying yourself very much: We had a really great time together.
PLEASURE OR ENJOYMENT?
Enjoyment usually comes from an activity that you do; pleasure can come from sth that you do or sth that happens: He beamed with pleasure at seeing her. | He beamed with enjoyment at seeing her.
PATTERNS
*to do sth for fun/pleasure/enjoyment
*great fun/pleasure/enjoyment
*a to have fun/a good time/a great time
*to get pleasure/enjoyment from sth
*to spoil the fun/sb’s pleasure/sb’s enjoyment
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