gamble vs gambol

gamble

Definitions

noun

  1. money that is risked for possible monetary gain
  2. a risky act or venture

verb

  1. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  2. play games for money

Examples

It cannot be smoked, drunk or gambled away.

By contrast, when Procter & Gamble, the makers of Olestra, asked the FDA for permission to add its artificial fat substitute to potato chips, the controversial product was evaluated under food-additive laws.

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gambol

Definitions

verb

  1. play boisterously

noun

  1. gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

Examples

Rows of brick garden apartments all backed onto a massive common garden: a shared backyard for children to play, dogs to gambol, and families to eat picnics together.

The work is The Pretty Baa Lambs left, which shows a woman and baby in a field of gambolling lambs, and to modern eyes it seems remarkable that it shocked.

Here and there a mother turned her head to call back anxiously for the bleating lambkin lost behind the white curtain; and, dim and grotesque, the awkward strayling would come gamboling into sight.

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