Play and Task

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Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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Task is an antonym for play in amusement topic.

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

Task noun - A piece of work that needs to be done regularly.

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Play is an antonym for task.

Nearby Words: tasked, taskwork, tasking

long	long play	long task
regular	regular play	regular task
original	original play	original task
single	single play	single task
Other adjectives: actual, great, serious, main, new, major, final, next, last, different, recent.

In The Boondocks Christmas special "A Huey Freeman Christmas", Huey's teacher gives him the task of producing a Christmas play for the school.

Source: School Play
The "old" task forces were designed with the mindset that a group of people would be willing to spend multiple play sessions together to accomplish the task.

Source: Disappointing Last Level
Player Character: The first game has you play as Dante Johnson, a young up-and-coming Lieutenant with a tiny task force at his command, who can eventually rise to become the Grand Admiral.

Source: Video Game / Imperium Galactica

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