Gymnasium vs. Gymnastics

Gymnasiumnoun

(formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.

Gymnasiumnoun

A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.

Gymnasiumnoun

(historical) A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.

Gymnasiumnoun

A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

Gymnasiumnoun

A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; - used esp. of German schools of this kind.

Gymnasiumnoun

a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

Gymnasiumnoun

athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training

Gymnasticsnoun

A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.

Gymnasticsnoun

Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.

Gymnasticsnoun

Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises.

Gymnasticsnoun

Disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.

Gymnasticsnoun

Feats demonstrating a quick mental agility; as, mental gymnastics, verbal gymnastics.

Gymnasticsnoun

a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups.