Play vs Wanton - What's the difference?
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(lb) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
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*2001 , Annabelle Sabloff, Reordering the Natural World , Univ. of Toronto Press, p.83:
*:A youngstergo on vacation, play in the same way that he did with his friends, and so on.
*2003 , Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont et al. (eds.), Joining Society: Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth , Cambridge Univ. Press, p.52:
*:We had to play for an hour, so that meant that we didn't have time to play and joke around.
(lb) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
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#(lb) To compete against, in a game.
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, title= (label) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.iv:
*:Her proper face / I not descerned in that darkesome shade, / But weend it was my loue, with whom he playd .
(lb) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
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# To produce music.
#*2007 , Dan Erlewine, Guitar Player Repair Guide (ISBN 0879309210), page 220:
#*:If your guitar plays well on fretted strings but annoys you on the open ones, the nut's probably worn out.
# To produce music using a musical instrument.
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# To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).
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# To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
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# to be shown.
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# To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.
#*2008 , My Life: From Normandy to Hockeytown (ISBN 0966412087), p.30:
#*:I got a hold of Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong's agent and I explained to him on the phone that, "I know you're playing' London on Wednesday night. Why don't you come and ' play the Arena in Windsor on Saturday night?"
#(lb) To act or perform (a play).
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(lb) To behave in a particular way.
#(lb) Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
#*(rfdate) Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
#*:Thou canst play the rational if thou wilt.
#*1985 , Sharon S. Brehm, Intimate Relationships :
#*:Playing hard to get is not the same as slamming the door in someone's face.
#*1996 , Michael P. Malone, James J Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest :
#*:Now, surveying his final link, he had the nice advantage of being able to play coy with established port cities that desperately wanted his proven railroad.
#*2003 , John U. Ogbu, Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement , p.194:
#*:Instead, they played dumb, remained silent, and did their classwork.
#(lb) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
#*(rfdate) Sir (1628–1699):
#*:Men are apt to play with their healths.
#(lb) To act; to behave; to practice deception.
#*(rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616):
#*:His mother played false with a smith.
#(lb) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.
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#*(rfdate) (John Milton) (1608-1674):
#*:Nature here / Wantoned as in her prime, and played at will / Her virgin fancies.
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#*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
(lb) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
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*(rfdate) (1671-1743):
*:The heart beats, the blood circulates, the lungs play .
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*:The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.
(lb) To move gaily; to disport.
*(rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616):
*:even as the waving sedges play with wind
*(rfdate) (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719):
*:The setting sun / Plays on their shining arms and burnished helmets.
*(rfdate) (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744):
*:All fame is foreign but of true desert, / Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart.
(lb) To put in action or motion.
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(lb) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
* Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
(uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
(uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions ..., and initiated voluntarily when ... in a low-stress setting."
The conduct, or course of a game.
(countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
(countable) (turn-based games ) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
(countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
(countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
(countable) A major move by a business.
(countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
(uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
(uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
* 1996 , Sabrina P Ramet, Gender reversals and gender cultures
* 1996 , "toptigger", (on Internet newsgroup alt.personals.spanking.punishment )
* 2013 , Rachel Kramer Bussel, Best Bondage Erotica 2014
* 2014 , Jiri T. Servant, Facts About Bondage - Bondage Guide For Beginners
(countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
(obsolete) Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.
* 1605 , William Shakespeare, King Lear , IV.1:
Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones :
* 1874 , Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd :
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.21:
(obsolete) Playful, sportive; being merry or carefree (often used figuratively).
* 1776 , Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , vol. 1:
(obsolete) Self-indulgent, fond of excess; luxurious.
* 1776 , Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations , Book I:
Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous.
* 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility :
* 2009 , Ben White, The Guardian , 10 Aug 2009:
(obsolete) Extravagant, unrestrained; excessive (of speech or thought).
* 1876 , John Ruskin, Letters , 19 Jan 1876:
A pampered or coddled person.
* Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
An overly playful person; a trifler.
* Shakespeare
* Ben Jonson
A self-indulgent person, fond of excess.
(archaic) A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute.
To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
* Milton
* Lamb
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To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (often with away ).
To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious.
Play is a related term of wanton.
As verbs the difference between play and wanton
is that play is (lb) to act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment while wanton is to rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.As nouns the difference between play and wanton
is that play is activity for amusement only, especially among the young while wanton is a pampered or coddled person.As an adjective wanton is
(obsolete) undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.play
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Verb
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Noun
- She was fond of all boys' plays , and greatly preferred cricket
- We saw a two-act play in the theatre.
- No wonder the fanbelt is slipping: there’s too much play in it.
- Too much play in a steering wheel may be dangerous.
- The rarity of male domination in fantasy play is readily explained.
- Palm Springs M seeks sane F 4 safe bdsm play
- There were none of the usual restrictions on public nudity or sexual interaction in the club environment. Still, the night was young, and as he'd made his way to the bar to order Mistress Ramona a gin and tonic, he'd seen little in the way of play .
- This type of play allows some people to relax and enjoy being given pleasure without having to think about giving pleasure back at the same time.
Synonyms
* (literary composition) drama * See alsoDerived terms
* airplay * all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy * at play * bloodplay * child's play * close of play * double play * downplay * fair play * fireplay * force play * foreplay * foul play * grandstand play * learn to play * long play * nativity play * mystery play * outdoor play * passion play * pissplay * playact/play-act * play about * play along * play around * play back * play ball * playbill * playboy * play by ear * play by play, play-by-play * play date, playdate * play dead * play doctor * playdough * play down * play dumb * player * play fair * play fast and loose * play fight/play-fight/playfight * play for love * playful * play games * playground * play hardball * play hard to get * play hob with * play hooky * play house * playhouse * play in * play it by ear * play it safe * play lunch * playmate * play money * playoff/play-off/play off * play Old Harry * play on * play one against another * play one's cards right * play on words * playout/play out * playpen * play possum * playroom * playschool * play second fiddle * play silly buggers * play someone like a fiddle * playsuit * play the angles * play the devil * play the field * play the fool * play the hand one is dealt * play the ponies * play the race card * play the same tape * play the white man * plaything * playtime * play to the gallery * play to win * play truant * play up * play upon * playwear * play with * play with fire * play with oneself * playwright * plug-and-play * power play * quad play * radio play * rain stopped play * roleplay/role play/role-play * screen play/screenplay * shadow play * squeeze play * triple play * turnabout is fair play * two can play that game * war play * when the cat's away the mice will play * word play/wordplaySee also
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* 1000 English basic words ----wanton
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Adjective
(en adjective)- As Flies to wanton Boyes are we to th' Gods, / They kill us for their sport.
- if wenches will hang out lures for fellows, it is no matter what they suffer: I detest such creatures; and it would be much better for them that their faces had been seamed with the smallpox: but I must confess I never saw any of this wanton behaviour in poor Jenny [...].
- I know I ought never to have dreamt of sending that valentine—forgive me, sir—it was a wanton thing which no woman with any self-respect should have done.
- People should not marry too young, because, if they do, the children will be weak and female, the wives will become wanton , and the husbands stunted in their growth.
- The grave simplicity of the philosopher was ill calculated to engage her wanton levity, of to fix that unbounded passion for variety, which often discovered personal merit in the meanest of mankind.
- the market price will rise more or less above the natural price, according as either the greatness of the deficiency, or the wealth and wanton luxury of the competitors, happen to animate more or less the eagerness of the competition.
- Edward himself, now thoroughly enlightened on her character, had no scruple in believing her capable of the utmost meanness of wanton ill-nature.
- these developments in Gaza are a consequence of the state of siege that the tiny territory has been under – a society that has been fenced-in, starved, and seen its very fabric torn apart by unemployment and wanton military destruction.
- But do not think it argues change of temper since I wrote the Frère review, or a wanton praise of one man and blame of another.
Synonyms
* (lewd) lewd, lustful, unchaste * (capriciously violent) inhumane, insolent, malicious, merciless * (abundant and luxuriant) abundant, extravagant, lavish, luxuriant, prodigal, unrestrained * frolicsome, playful * (undisciplined) undisciplined, unrulyDerived terms
* wanton kittens make sober catsNoun
(en noun)- I would have thee gone — / And yet no farther than a wanton' s bird, / That lets it hop a little from her hand, / Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, / And with a silken thread plucks it back again
- I am afeard you make a wanton of me.
- Peace, my wantons ; he will do / More than you can aim unto.
Verb
(en verb)- Nature here wantoned as in her prime.
- How merrily we would sally into the fields, and strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton like young dace in the streams!
- The young man wantoned away his inheritance.