what's difference between celebration and festival

Question

Pls answer in English

Thanks a million

Answer 1

I think Webster's below definitions might clarify the difference :

celebration [‚selɪ'breɪʃn]

noun

1.

a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

2.

any joyous diversion

3.

the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

 

festival ['festəvl]

noun

1.

a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

2.

an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)

Comments

As a native English speaker​ I would say a festival is a public place that you go to have fun. There's often music and alcohol. 

Whereas a celebration is much more broad and vague. It's not a place. I celebrate my birthday every year. Maybe one year it's going to dinner, maybe another year it's by having a party at my  house. We have celebrations for holidays (Chrismas, Thanksgiving, etc), or happy occasions (birth of a child, graduation, etc).