playing period vs amount

amount vs playing period

playing period and amount both are nouns.

playing period is not a verb while amount is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
playing period	Yes	No	No	No
amount	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, amount is a hypernym of playing period; that is, amount is a word with a broader meaning than playing period:

playing period: (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
amount: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

Other hypernyms of playing period include measure, quantity.

playing period (noun)	amount (noun)
(in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
	the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
	a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
	a quantity of money

playing period (verb)	amount (verb)
	to measure up to in kind or quality
	add up in number or quantity
	be tantamount or equivalent to

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