Play and Spectrum

Play

Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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

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

Spectrum noun - The distance or extent between possible extremes.

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Play and spectrum are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Play" instead a noun "Spectrum".

Nearby Words: spectral, specter, spectre, spectrally

old	old play	old spectrum
good	good play	good spectrum
musical	musical play	musical spectrum
full	full play	full spectrum
Other adjectives: normal, regular, standard, original, entire, successful, new, traditional, final, different, triple.

But what really puts it at the extreme end of the spectrum is that you can build your own games and/or play games built by other "players." In fact, for the first 6 or 7 years, the only actual games to play were created by users.

Source: Sliding Scale of Linearity vs. Openness
The main characters in Whateley Academy play this trope across the entire spectrum.

Source: Second Law of Gender Bending
At one end of the spectrum, you can play favorites with crew, date (fraternization) within military ranks, and/or just be an ass with whoever speaks to you.

Source: Bad Boss / Video Games

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