game vs replay

game

noun
  • A particular instance of playing a game. 

  • The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy. 

  • Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.) 

  • Mastery; the ability to excel at something. 

  • An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal. 

  • A school subject during which sports are practised. 

  • That which is gained, such as the stake in a game. 

  • The number of points necessary to win a game. 

  • In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum. 

  • The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title. 

  • One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game. 

  • A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession. 

  • An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants. 

  • A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal. 

  • Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed. 

  • wild animals hunted for food. 

  • A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. 

verb
  • To gamble. 

  • To play card games, board games, or video games. 

  • To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable. 

  • To perform premeditated seduction strategy. 

adj
  • Willing and able to participate. 

  • Injured, lame (of a limb). 

  • That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely. 

  • Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above. 

replay

noun
  • A repeat or subsequent playing of some or all of something which was previously broadcast or performed, or a playing of something which was recorded, such as a live event or a television broadcast, the gameplay of a computer game, etc. 

  • A repetition of another event, scene, or occurrence; a recurrence or reenactment. 

  • A replayed match, often after the first game or match ended in a draw; a rematch. 

  • A (video or audio) recording of an action or event that is or can be replayed after being recorded; saved video footage (which is, or can be, replayed) of the gameplay of a computer game, a (portion of a) televised sports match, etc. 

  • An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something). 

verb
  • To display a recording of a previous event, especially multiple times. 

  • To play again. 

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