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Playing vs Doing - What's the difference?

playing | doing |

As verbs the difference between playing and doing

is that playing is while doing is (rare|chiefly|netherlands|nonstandard).

As a noun playing

is (gerund of play) an occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.

playing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
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    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    doing

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (pedantic)

    Etymology 1

    See (do).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
    • This is his doing . (= "He did it.")

    Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    Onomatopœic.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.
    • Synonyms
    * boing

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