gaming vs recreation

gaming

noun
  • The playing of a game or games, including but not limited to video games and games of chance. 

  • Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game. 

  • Synonym of gambling 

recreation

noun
  • Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates. 

  • The result of this process. 

  • The process of creating something again. 

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