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Home/ Languages/Difference in usage and nuance between “exutoire”, “défouloir” and “soupape”?
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Difference in usage and nuance between “exutoire”, “défouloir” and “soupape”?

  • L’équitation, c’est mon exutoire. Formal, literary

  • L’équitation, c’est mon défouloir. Colloquial, spoken French

  • L’équitation, c’est ma soupape. Unheard

  • L’équitation, c’est ma soupape de sécurité. Rare

Exutoire is very literary. I don’t recommend using it orally.

Défouloir is colloquial and common. It’s the most common of the ones you gave. I recommend using this one.

soupape and soupape de sécurité are a little too imaged to be used regularly. Once in a while when you really want to be figurative, maybe.

You could also use décompresser, as in :

L’équitation, ça me permet de décompresser.

 

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