Player vs Woodshifter - What's the difference?
player | woodshifter |
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.
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(informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
As nouns the difference between player and woodshifter
is that player is one that plays while woodshifter is (dated|or|obsolete|pejorative) a chess player who is not good at the game.player
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Noun
(en noun)- He thought he could become a player , at least at the state level.
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