different between pinball vs playboard

English

Etymology

From pin +? ball

Noun

pinball (countable and uncountable, plural pinballs)

1. (games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.
2. The ball used in pinball.
3. (figuratively, soccer) A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players.

Derived terms

• pinball machine

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: pinball
• ? Spanish: pinball

Translations

Verb

pinball (third-person singular simple present pinballs, present participle pinballing, simple past and past participle pinballed)

1. (intransitive) To dart about rapidly.

Translations

See also

• bagatelle
• pachinko

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pinball.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /p?.?b?w/

Noun

pinball m (plural pinballs)

1. (games) pinball (an arcade game)

Spanish

Etymology

From English pinball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pimbal/, [?p?m.bal]

Noun

pinball m (plural pinballs)

1. pinball

English

Etymology

play +? board

Noun

playboard (plural playboards)

1. A ledge or shelf used in puppetry for balancing props.
   • 2005, Carol R. Exner, Practical Puppetry A-Z: A Guide for Librarians and Teachers (page 106)

     Professional puppeteers hang their puppets upside down from a ring on the playboard shelf inside the puppet theater and slip the puppets on like gloves. […] When the puppet is removed, it is hung back in its place on the playboard.

2. The playfield of a pinball table or similar game.
   • 1983, Heinz R. Pagels, The cosmic code: quantum physics as the language of nature

     Playing pinball requires total concentration, the right combination of skill and chance, a mastery of indeterminacy as the ball moves across the playboard and interacts with bumpers and cushions.