card-playing vs sporting

card-playing and sporting both are adjectives.

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

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

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

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

card-playing (adjective)	sporting (adjective)
preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance	relating to or used in sports
	involving risk or willingness to take a risk
	exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
	preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance