Kit vs Game - What's the difference?
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A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
A kind of basket made from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket, used as a measure of weight.
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A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
(UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
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(UK, informal) Clothing.
(computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
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To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.
Something which came originally in kit form.
a kit violin
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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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#(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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(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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*:Your murderous game is nearly up.
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*: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.
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(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).
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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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As a proper noun kit
is a diminutive of the male given name christopher.As a noun game is
a playful or competitive activity.As an adjective game is
(colloquial) willing to participate.As a verb game is
to gamble.kit
English
(wikipedia kit)Etymology 1
English from the 14th century, from a Dutch kitte'', a wooden vessel made of hooped staves. Related to Dutch ''kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.Noun
(en noun)- He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
- Always carry a good first-aid kit .
- I built the entire car from a kit .
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- Get your kit off and come to bed.
Derived terms
* airfix kit * first aid kit * football kit * kit and caboodle * kit out * kitbag * model kit * pack-up kit * toolkit * electronic kit * robot kit * starter kit * body kit * kit carVerb
(kitt)- We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.
Adjective
(-)- kit car
Etymology 2
A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte'', ''kitt ). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox").Etymology 3
16th century, perhaps from citharaNoun
(en noun)- A dancing master's kit .
- Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.
Etymology 4
(ca. 1880).Anagrams
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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.”