different between playfield vs playground

English

Etymology

play +? field

Noun

playfield (plural playfields)

1. A playing field.
   • 1974, Comprehensive Plan for Covington, Kentucky, and Environs

     It has been recommended by some recreational specialists that there should be one such playfield for each 500 children of high school age.

2. The area within which a game (especially a video game) is played.
   • 1977, Popular Science magazine

     The game has a tilt feature — tilt Fireball and a tilt sign glows and the scoring stops. The full-sized, full-color commercial playfield even has a special friction silk-screened surface so the ball will roll and not slide.

   • 2007, Friedrich von Borries et al, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism

     In this case, the playfield is more disorienting and feels more like the maze that it is.

Translations

English

Etymology

From play +? ground. Compare Middle English playstede, playstude (“playground”) from Old English plæ?stede (“playground”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ple???a?nd/

Noun

playground (plural playgrounds)

1. (outdoors) A large open space for children to play on, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780]
2. (figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.

   The exclusive tropical island was a millionaire's playground.

Related terms

• playfield
• playhouse
• playland
• playpen
• playroom
• playstead

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?plej.???aw?d??/

Noun

playground m (plural playgrounds)

1. playground (open-air space where the children can play)
2. (by extension) playground (space to do what one pleases)