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Player vs Scorebox - What's the difference?

player | scorebox |

As nouns the difference between player and scorebox

is that player is one that plays while scorebox is (cricket) an enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard.

player

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One that plays
  • # One who plays any game or sport.
  • # (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
  • # (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
  • # (gaming, video games) A gamer; a gamester.
  • # (gambling) A gambler.
  • # (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
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  • # (electronics) An electronic device or software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as CD player.
  • One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
  • A significant participant.
    • He thought he could become a player , at least at the state level.
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    • , passage=Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future.}}
  • (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

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    Derived terms

    * accordion player * basketball player * bit player * CD player * football player * player-manager * player piano * record player * rugby player * soccer player * tennis player

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    scorebox

    English

    Noun

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  • (cricket) An enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard
  • (video games) A box overlaid on the screen to display the player's score.
  • * 1994 , "Coyt D Watters", Projection TVs and SEGA'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.video.sega )
    • Video games are notorious for having relatively unchanging areas on the screen (ie the scorebox ), which can quickly be burned into the screen.
  • * 2001 , Matt Neuburg, REALbasic: the definitive guide (page 64)
    • Recall that our arcade game is to have a scorebox that knows how to increase itself, and observe that this implies there is a score.

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