Play and Utility

Play

Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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

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

Utility noun - The capacity for being useful for some purpose.

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Play and utility are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Play" instead a noun "Utility".

normal	normal play	normal utility
single	single play	single utility
offensive	offensive play	offensive utility
obvious	obvious play	obvious utility
Other adjectives: actual, real, great, little, main, competitive, general, last, defensive.

It starts with an exclusive map called the proving ground, where you get to play as Ashe, a squishy archer that derives power from utility.

Source: Tutorial Failure
The former is for utility, the latter is to irritate Dane while he's forced to play her.

Source: Literature / Statless And Tactless
Twenty episodes later, the kryptonite comes back into play when Batman takes it out of his utility belt to use as a weapon against Amazo.

Source: Chekhovs Gun / Western Animation

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