sporting vs card-playing

sporting and card-playing both are adjectives.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of sporting include betting, dissipated, gambling.

sporting (adjective)	card-playing (adjective)
relating to or used in sports	preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
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