Ball vs Point - What's the difference?

ball | point |

As nouns the difference between ball and point

is that ball is while point is a discrete division of something.

As a verb point is

to extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.

ball

English

(wikipedia ball)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.

# A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

# (label) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc.

## A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.

# A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body.

# (label) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.

# The globe; the earthly sphere.

#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

Move round the dark terrestrial ball .

#* 1717 , (Alexander Pope), ""

Thus, if eternal Justice rules the ball , / Thus shall your wives, and thus your children fall;

# (label) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.

# The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.

# An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.

#* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2

, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}

#* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 2, author=Aled Williams, work=BBC Sport Wales

, title= Swansea 2-0 Stoke , passage=Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.}}

(label) The use of a round or ellipsoidal object.

# Any simple game involving a ball.

# (label) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.

# (label) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.

# (label) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.

# (label) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.

#* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Chris Whyatt, work=BBC

, title= Chelsea 1-0 Bolton , passage=After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes. }}

A testicle.

# Nonsense.

— Synonyms — See

# Courage.

A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.

A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.

(White)

Synonyms

* sphere * globe * (testicle) See * (courage) chutzpah, guts, nerve

Derived terms

(solid or hollow sphere) {{der3, ball and chain , ball and socket , ball-barrow , ball bearing/ball-bearing , ball boy/ballboyball-boy , ball-cartridge , ballclay , ballcock , ball-flower , ball-game , ball-girl , ball lightning , ball machine , ball mill , ball of fire , ball of the foot , ball of the thumb , ballpark , ball-player , ballpoint , ball-proof , ball race , ball up , bandy-ball , baseball , basketball , beachball/beach ball , best-ball , billiard ball , blackball , blowball , blueball , brandy-ball , broomball , buckyball , butterball , button-ball , cannonball , coalball , cornball , cricket ball , croquet ball , crystal ball , cue ball , dust-ball , eight ball/eight-ball , eyeball , fastball , fire-ball , fishball , football , four ball , freeball , furball , fuzz-ball , game ball , get the ball rolling , goalball , golf ball , goofball , greaseball , hair-ball , half-ball , hand-ball , hardball , heel-ball , highball , holding the ball , jump ball , keep the ball rolling , kickball , korfball , matzo ball , meatball , medicine ball , , mothball , netball , no ball , object ball , oddball , on the ball , paintball , patball , pinball , ping-pong ball , pithball , play ball , puffball , punchball , push-ball , racquetball , rollerball , root-ball , rugby ball , scuzzball , silver ball , skittle-ball , sleazeball , slimeball , smoke-ball , snooker ball , snowball , soccer ball , softball , speedball , spot the ball , stink ball , stoolball , table-tennis ball , tea ball , tennis ball , tchoukball , the ball is in your court , through ball , time-ball , too many balls in the air , trackball, trackerball , trap-ball , volleyball , washball}} (testicle) {{der3, ball-breaker , ball-breaking , ball-buster , ball-busting , balls-aching , balls up (verb) , balls-up (noun) , ballsy , have someone by the balls , screwball}}

Verb

(en verb)

(label) To form or wind into a ball.

to ball cotton

(label) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

To have sexual intercourse with.

(label) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.

The horse balls'''; the snow '''balls .

To be hip or cool.

Synonyms

* (vulgar) bonk, fuck, lay, screw, shag (British)

Interjection

(en interjection)

(label) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.

2007: A good tackle (and some bad ones) will bring a cry of "Ball!" from the crowd – a plea for a holding the ball free kick. — AFL Sydney Swans Rules Zone [http://www.afl.com.au/FanZone/Rules/tabid/7892/Default.aspx]

Etymology 2

(m).

Noun

(en noun)

A formal dance.

(label) A very enjoyable time.

Synonyms

* (very enjoyable time) blast, whale of a time

Derived terms

{{der3, ball-dress , ballgown , ballroom , have a ball , hunt ball , masked ball , open the ball}}

point

English

(wikipedia point)

Noun

(en noun)

A discrete division of something.

# An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.

The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.

# A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.

There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.

At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.

# (archaic) Condition, state.

She was not feeling in good point .

# A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition, a focus of conversation or consideration.

I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.

# (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.

#* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ii:

full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point .

# (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.

#* Sir J. Davies

When time's first point begun / Made he all souls.

# A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.

We should meet at a pre-arranged point .

# (mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.

# A purpose or objective.

Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.

# A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.

#* Alexander Pope

Commas and points they set exactly right.

# (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.

# (by extension) A note; a tune.

#* Sir Walter Scott

Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.

# A distinguishing quality or characteristic.

Logic isn't my strong point .

# Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.

The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.

# (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.

Possession is nine points of the law.

# Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.

# (gaming) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.

The one with the most points will win the game

# (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).

10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half)

# (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.

# (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).

# (UK) An electric power socket.

# (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.

Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!

A sharp extremity.

# The sharp tip of an object.

Cut the skin with the point of the knife.

# Any projecting extremity of an object.

# An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.

His cowboy belt was studded with points .

# (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.

# A peninsula or promontory.

# The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.

#* 2005 , Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000 , Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7432-3011-6, page 189:

Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands.

# Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.

# (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.

to fall off a point

# Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.

#* 1897 , (Henry James), (What Maisie Knew) :

There was moreover a hint of the duchess in the infinite point with which, as she felt, she exclaimed: "And this is what you call coming often ?"

#* , chapter=4

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}

# (railroads, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.

# (usually, in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.

The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.

# (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.

# A tine or snag of an antler.

# (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.

tierce point

(heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.

(nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.

(historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.

(Sir Walter Scott)

Lace worked by the needle.

point''' de Venise; Brussels '''point

(US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.

The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.

The dog came to a point .

Synonyms

* (location or place) location, place, position, spot * (in geometry) ord * (particular moment in an event or occurrence) moment, ord, time * (sharp tip) end, ord, tip * (arithmetic symbol) decimal point * (opinion) opinion, point of view, view, viewpoint * (unit of measure of success or failure) mark (in a competition) * (color of extremities of an animal)

Derived terms

* accidental point * accumulation point * ballpoint * basepoint * basis point * beside the point * boiling point * boundary point * branch point * break point * Brownie point * bullet point * cardinal point * case in point * cashpoint * closest point of approach * cloud point * coincidence point * commit point * compass point * consolute point * critical point * data point * decimal point * deep point * demerit point * dew point * Didot point * double point * dropping point * dry point, drypoint * endpoint * entry point * entry point for the eye * eutectic point * experience point * fixed point * fixed-point * flash point * floating-point * focal point * freezing point * game point * get the point * get to the point * gunpoint * hit points * hollow point * inflection point * in point of fact * isoelectric point * isolated point * knifepoint * (l) * limit point * make a point * match point * melting point * midpoint * moot point * needlepoint * nip point * one-point perspective * on point * on the point of * ordinary point * outpoint * percentage point * Pica point * pointable * point bar * point blank * point break * point cloud * point duty * pointed * point function * point group * point-in-line * pointless * point man * point mass * point mutation * point of articulation * point-of-care imaging * point of contact * point of fact * point of inevitability * point of inflection, point of inflexion * point of no return * point of order * point of pride * point of reference * point of sale * point of the compass * point of view * point set * point source * point taken * pointwise * pointy * power point * pressure point * reference point * seal point * set point * silly point * single point of failure * singular point * skill point * sore point * standpoint * starting point * stationary point * sticking point * stress point * take point * take someone's point * talking point * three-point line * three-point perspective * three-point turn * tipping point * to the point * trig point * triple point * transition point * turning point * two-point perspective * vanishing point * vantage point * waypoint * what’s the point? * zero point * zero-point energy

Descendants

* Japanese:

Verb

(en verb)

To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.

* Shakespeare

Now must the world point at poor Katharine.

* Dryden

Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Becky Ashton, work=BBC Sport

, title= QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea , passage=Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.}}

To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington

, volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}

To direct toward an object; to aim.

to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort

To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.

to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral

to indicate a probability of something

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Helen Pidd, work=the Guardian

, title= Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis , passage=Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy.}}

(ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.

(masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.

(stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.

To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.

* Alexander Pope

Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them.

(mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.

To mark with diacritics.

(dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.

to point a composition

(computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.

(Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.

(nautical) To sail close to the wind.

(hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.

* John Gay

He treads with caution, and he points with fear.

(medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.

(obsolete) To appoint.

(Spenser)

(dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.

* Charles Dickens

He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech.

(Alexander Pope)

Derived terms

* point at * pointer * point out * to have a point * point the finger * repoint

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Ball vs Point - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between ball and point

As a verb point is

ball

English

Etymology 1

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Verb

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Interjection

Etymology 2

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point

English

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