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Afl vs Cricket - What's the difference?

afl | cricket |

As nouns the difference between afl and cricket

is that afl is might, power, strength while cricket is .

afl

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • (Australian rules football) .
  • (American football) .
  • (US, labor union) .
  • (obsolete, American football) .

    • Usage notes

    * (Australian Football League) Although the AFL was created in 1990, with the inclusion of teams from other states into the Victorian Football League (VFL), historical games and statistics from before that date are commonly referred to as being those of the AFL. * (American Football League) Four different leagues have used this name. The most common usage of "AFL" refers to the fourth American Football League, which operated from 1960 to 1969 and merged into the National Football League (NFL) in 1970. As part of the merger agreement, all games and statistics from the 1960–1969 AFL are included in NFL records.

    Synonyms

    * (Australian Football League) VFL (before 1990 ) * (labor union) AF of L

    See also

    * ARL * VFA * VFL

    Anagrams

    * Australian English English initialisms

    cricket

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) criquet, from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family , that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
  • A wooden footstool.
  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions
  • 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.
  • (US slang, in the plural) Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.
    • Derived terms
    * balm cricket * chirpy as a cricket * cricket bird * cricket frog * house cricket * mole cricket * Mormon cricket * true cricket

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch 'to ricochet' , i.e. "to chase a ball with a crook".[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7919429.stm]

    Noun

    (-)
  • (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
  • (chiefly, British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
    • ''That player's foul wasn't cricket !
    Usage notes
    The sense "An act that is fair and sportsmanlike" is always used in negative constructions and is not restricted to sports usage. * (An act that is unfair or unsportsmanlike) not cricket
    See also
    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To play the game of cricket.