confront vs play off

confront and play off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confront	No	No	Yes	No
play off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, play off is a hyponym of confront; that is, play off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confront:

Other hyponyms of confront include breast, front, take the bull by the horns, match, oppose, pit.

confront (verb)	play off (verb)
deal with (something unpleasant) head on	set into opposition or rivalry
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
be face to face with