Playing vs Playable - What's the difference?
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(gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
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Able to be played.
(games) Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.
(games) Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.
* 1989 , Matt Bielby, Blasteroids'' (game review in ''Your Sinclair issue 40, April 1989)
As a noun playing
is (gerund of play) an occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.As a verb playing
is .As an adjective playable is
able to be played.playing
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(-)- Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.
- Some of the most playable games tend to be those that've been around the longest: the Breakout''/''Arkanoid''/''Batty'' imitators for instance, or, as here, the ''Asteroids clones.