As nouns,
child's game is a hypernym of
musical chairs; that is,
child's game is a
word with a broader meaning than
musical chairs:
- musical chairs: a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated
- child's game: a game enjoyed by children