2022-04-21
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – G – gambler & wager & bet
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Ref.: http://www.gotoknow.org/posts/598368 and 683233
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Gamble – wager – bet
All three of these words may be used as verbs or nouns.
Gamble is a general term meaning
“to play at any game of chance for stakes.”
Perhaps because it suggests risking
something that should not be afforded,
gamble has an unfavorable connotation:
“The workman gambled away his week’s wages.”
Wager means
“to risk something on an uncertain event”
and is closely allied in meaning to gamble.
It has a somewhat less unfavorable connotation than gamble,
perhaps because it conveys the idea of venture:
“The foreman wagered that production for the day
would exceed 1,000 barrels.”
BET, the most commonly used of these three words,
literally means a pledge that is to be forfeited
if one’s prediction, or forecast, about a future event is incorrect:
“I placed a bet that Pounditout would win the fifth race.”
Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง “Gamble” = ‘GAM-buhl’
ออกเสียง “Wager” = ‘WEY-jer’
Farlex Trivia Dictionary.
Wage, wager
Wage once meant "pledge, security"
and wager was defined as "solemn pledge" or "undertaking,"
from French wagier, "to pledge."
See also related terms for security.
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words Dictionary
gamble
= to bet;
= to take a chance on;
= venture; hazard; speculation; flyer:
I’ll take a gamble on the chance that I’ll win.
Not to be confused with:
gambol
= to skip about as in dancing or playing; frolic;
= spring; caper; frisk:
We love to see the deer gambol in the forest.