playing vs portrayal

portrayal vs playing

playing and portrayal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
playing	Yes	No	No	No
portrayal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, portrayal is a hyponym of playing; that is, portrayal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than playing:

playing: the performance of a part or role in a drama
portrayal: acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

Other hyponyms of playing include characterization, enactment, personation, impersonation, personation, method, method acting, dumb show, mime, pantomime, business, byplay, stage business, skit, hamming, overacting, heroics, reenactment, roleplaying.

playing (noun)	portrayal (noun)
the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation	representation by drawing or painting etc
the act of playing a musical instrument	acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
the performance of a part or role in a drama	any likeness of a person, in any medium
	a representation by picture or portraiture
	a word picture of a person's appearance and character

Difference between playing and portrayal

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