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What is the difference between gambit and ambit?

gambit | ambit |

As nouns the difference between gambit and ambit

is that gambit is an opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage while ambit is the sphere or area of control and influence of something.

gambit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
    • Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.
  • Any ploy or stratagem.
    • Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit .
  • A remark intended to open a conversation.

    • ambit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sphere or area of control and influence of something.
  • * 1913 , , The Judgment House , ch. 34,
    • He had invited Destiny to sweep him up in her reaping, by placing himself in the ambit of her scythe.
  • A circuit, or a boundary around a property.
  • A span of actions, thoughts, or words.

    • Derived terms

    * ambit claim

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