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Basketball vs Bucketball - What's the difference?

basketball | bucketball |

As nouns the difference between basketball and bucketball

is that basketball is basketball while bucketball is an informal sport resembling basketball, with the fixed baskets replaced by buckets held by players who must move them to catch the thrown ball.

basketball

English

(wikipedia basketball)

Noun

  • (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
  • (basketball, countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

    • Synonyms

    * (sport) hoops (US slang)

    Derived terms

    * basketball player

    Related terms

    * basket

    bucketball

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • An informal sport resembling basketball, with the fixed baskets replaced by buckets held by players who must move them to catch the thrown ball.