Cricket vs. Basketball

Cricketnoun

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

Cricketnoun

In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.

Cricketnoun

A wooden footstool.

Cricketnoun

A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.

Cricketnoun

A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.

Cricketnoun

(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.

Cricketnoun

An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.

Cricketverb

To play the game of cricket.

Cricketnoun

An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.

Cricketnoun

A low stool.

Cricketnoun

A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.

Cricketnoun

A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.

Cricketverb

To play at cricket.

Cricketnoun

leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

Cricketnoun

a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

Cricketverb

play cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat (and running between the wickets), while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are ).

Basketballnoun

A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

Basketballnoun

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. Basketball

Basketballnoun

A ball game, usually played indoors in an area called the basketball court, in which two opposing teams of five players each contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball (the basketball) into opposite goals (baskets) resembling baskets, each typically a cylindrical mesh suspended from a circular rim which is held ten feet above the court. A goal scored by passing the basketball through the basket may count from one to three points, depending on the situation in which it was thrown.

Basketballnoun

The inflatable ball used in the game of basketball.

Basketballnoun

a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop

Basketballnoun

an inflated ball used in playing basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court) while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three.