contrarian vs player

contrarian

noun
  • A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion. 

  • A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others. 

adj
  • Pertaining to or characteristic of a contrarian. 

player

noun
  • One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. 

  • An electronic device that plays audio and/or video media. 

  • One who plays any game or sport. 

  • A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument. 

  • A gambler. 

  • A software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as a media player. 

  • A participant; one involved in something. 

  • An actor in a dramatic play. 

  • One who plays on a musical instrument. 

  • A gamer; a player of video games or similar. 

  • A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship. 

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