card-playing vs betting

card-playing and betting both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
card-playing	No	Yes	No	No
betting	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, card-playing and betting are synonyms defined as:

card-playing and betting: preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance

Other synonyms of card-playing include dissipated, gambling, sporting.

card-playing (adjective)	betting (adjective)
preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance	preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance