Like and Play

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Like verb - To wish to have.

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Play and like are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a verb "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

Play verb - To engage in activity for amusement.

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Like and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Like" instead a verb "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

old	old like	old play
good	good like	good play
nice	nice like	nice play
normal	normal like	normal play
Other adjectives: short, regular, actual, entire, real, big, serious, little, bad, lost, ancient, new, different.

character	like character	play character
man	like man	play man
guy	like guy	play guy
kind	like kind	play kind
Other words: style, time, way, characters, bit, music, song, games.

You could still go anywhere in the in-game world you'd like and play any events so long as you had the car for it, but SpeedBoost was required to get most of the best cars, card packs, and so on.

Source: Video Game / Need for Speed
Neutral view: You play what you like and I play what I like; people are allowed to enjoy things however they like as long as it doesn't interfere with others' fun.

Source: Casual/Competitive Conflict
If I want to play a rampaging nordic warrior and get handed a treehugging elf hippie instead, I can't play her like a rampaging nordic warrior.

Source: Blog / Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do in an RPG

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