Read the dictionary definition of diversion. All definitions for this word.
1. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
1. a diversion from the main highway
2. a digression into irrelevant details
3. a deflection from his goal
2. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
1. scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists
2. for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles
3. drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation
3. an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
