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Athletics vs Athletic - What's the difference?

athletics | athletic | Derived terms |

Athletic is a derived term of athletics.



In baseball terms the difference between athletics and athletic

is that athletics is the team The Oakland Athletics, previously Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics while athletic is a player on the team Oakland Athletics.

As a noun athletics

is physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.

As an adjective athletic is

having to do with athletes.

athletics

English

Noun

(head)
  • Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.
  • A group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.

    • athletic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * athletick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) having to do with athletes
  • * Are you a member of the American ''Athletic'' Association?
  • physically active
  • * Since you're such an ''athletic'' person, you may wish to consider joining.
  • having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape
  • * You have such an ''athletic'' build--you must work out regularly.
  • An attribute of a motion or play which requires fine physical ability
  • * The center fielder made an athletic play to snatch the ball from over the fence.

    • Derived terms

    * athletics * unathletic * athleticness

    Related terms

    * athlete