Gambist vs Gambit - What's the difference?
gambist | gambit |
An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
Any ploy or stratagem.
A remark intended to open a conversation.
As nouns the difference between gambist and gambit
is that gambist is someone who plays the gamba while gambit is gambit, a form of opening a chess game.gambit
English
Noun
(en noun)- Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.
- Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit .