Game vs Host - What's the difference?
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A playful or competitive activity.
#A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
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#(label) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
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#*:Joshua: Shall we play a game ?
#(label) A particular instance of playing a game; match .
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#*:“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
#That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
#The number of points necessary to win a game.
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#(label) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
#(label) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
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#One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
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A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
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Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
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*:I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the start. The game ’s afoot!
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*:“I'm through with all pawn-games ,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
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, title= An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
(label) Wild animals hunted for food.
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The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
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(label) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.
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*(Blackwood Magazine)
*:Your murderous game is nearly up.
*(George Saintsbury) (1845-1933)
*:It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack.
(colloquial) Willing to participate.
* (rfdate) (computer game):
(of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
Injured, lame (of a limb).
* around 1900 , O. Henry,
To gamble.
To play games and be a gamer.
To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
(transitive, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
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* 2010 , Mystery, The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction , Villard Books (2010), ISBN 9780345518217,
* 2010 , Sheila McClear, "
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
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One that provides a facility for an event.
A person or organization responsible for running an event.
A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
(computing, Internet) A in a network.
(computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
(biology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
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, title= (evolutionism, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
Consecrated bread such as that used in the Christian ceremony of the Eucharist.
A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
To perform the role of a host.
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, title= (obsolete) To lodge at an inn.
* Shakespeare
(computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
* 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators'', comp.protocols.tcp-ip, ''Usenet
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
* 1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), '', book 3, ch. X, ''Plugson of Undershot
* 2001 , Carlos Parada, Hesione 2 ,
A large number of items; a large inventory.
As nouns the difference between game and host
is that game is a playful or competitive activity while host is autumn (season).As an adjective game
is (colloquial) willing to participate.As a verb game
is to gamble.game
English
Noun
Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too.}}
Synonyms
* See also * (synonyms to be checked) pastime, play, recreation, frolic, sport, diversion, fun, amusement, merriment, festivity, entertainment, spree, prank, lark, gambol, merrymaking, gaiety * (instance of gameplay) match * (field of gainful activity) line * (military) wargame * (business or occupation) racket * (questionable practices) racketAntonyms
* (antonyms to be checked) drudgery, work, toilDerived terms
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(er)- I'm game , would you like to tell me how [to do that]?
- You come with me and we'll have a cozy dinner and a pleasant talk together, and by that time your game ankle will carry you home very nicely, I am sure."
Synonyms
* (willing to participate) sporting, willing, daring, disposed, favorable, nervy, courageous, valiantAntonyms
* (willing to participate) cautious, disinclinedVerb
(gam)- We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.
Picking up the pieces", The Economist , 6 October 2005:
- Returning briefly to his journalistic persona to interview Britney Spears, he finds himself gaming her, and she gives him her phone number.
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- A business associate of mine at the time, George Wu, sat across the way, gaming a stripper the way I taught him.
Would you date a pickup artist?", New York Post , 9 July 2010:
- How did Amanda know she wasn’t getting gamed ? Well, she didn’t. “I would wonder, ‘Is he saying stuff to other girls that he says to me?’ We did everything we could to cut it off . . . yet we somehow couldn’t.”
Derived terms
* game the systemSee also
* (wikipedia "game")Anagrams
* * 1000 English basic words ----host
English
Alternative forms
* hoast (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) oste (French: . Used in English since 13th century.Noun
(en noun)- Time is like a fashionable host , / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
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In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts : rodents.}}
Verb
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In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.}}
- Where you shall host .
- CMU/TEK TCP/IP software uses an excessive amount of cpu resources for terminal support both outbound, when accessing another system, and inbound, when the local system is hosting a session.
See also
* guest * event * master of ceremoniesEtymology 2
From (etyl) hoste, from Middle (etyl) ), cognate with etymology 1.Noun
(en noun)- Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!
Greek Mythology Link
- the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.
- A host of parts for my Model A.