Orbit and Play

Orbit

Orbit noun - The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another.

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Play and orbit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a noun "Orbit".

Nearby Words: orbited, orbiting, orbital

Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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Orbit and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Orbit" instead a noun "Play".

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

full	full orbit	full play
long	long orbit	long play
normal	normal orbit	normal play
perfect	perfect orbit	perfect play
Other adjectives: regular, standard, original, entire, real, successful, main, new, general, different.

You play as a silent Space Marine who was deployed with his squad to a space base over Mars which was attacked in orbit.

Source: A Space Marine Is You
This comes into play in All the Weyrs of Pern, when those same two-thousand year old engines are deliberately detonated in an attempt to alter the Red Star's orbit.

Source: Antimatter
During the second time you play the Game Within a Game, Lucifer adds several demon heads that orbit around the pony before inevitably killing it a few seconds later.

Source: Blatant Lies / Video Games

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