Player and Role

Player

Player noun - A person who plays a musical instrument.

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Role and player are semantically related In some cases you can use "Role" instead a noun "Player".

Nearby Words: play, played, playing, playable

Role noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

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Player and role are semantically related in impersonation of a character topic. Sometimes you can use "Player" instead a noun "Role".

old	old player	old role
female	female player	female role
typical	typical player	typical role
specific	specific player	specific role
Other adjectives: regular, current, original, single, active, actual, real, big, evil, bad, main, important, famous, key, new, major, former, minor, next, last, different.

I was taught that by a person very important to me... VRMMOs are called games, but this is a contradiction; splitting the player and the role is not a good idea.

Source: Light Novel / Sword Art Online
This also gives us an alternate interpretation of the player's role instead of just being "the player", you're a hero of sorts.

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Video Games
Role-Playing Games (RPGs for short) are a genre of game in which the player controls a character or party of characters in a statistically abstracted way.

Source: Role-Playing Game

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