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Bowling vs Bawling - What's the difference?

bowling | bawling |

As verbs the difference between bowling and bawling

is that bowling is present participle of lang=en while bawling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between bowling and bawling

is that bowling is a game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling while bawling is the act of one who bawls or shouts.

bowling

English

(bowling)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling
  • (label) Candlepin bowling.
  • Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
  • (label) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
  • (label) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
  • (label) The action of the verb .
  • (label) Road bowling.

    • Derived terms

    * bowling alley * bowling ball * bowling green * ten-pin bowling * candlepin bowling

    Related terms

    * bowl * bowler * bowls * lawn bowls

    See also

    * boules * bowls * crown green bowling * lawn bowls * ninepins * skittles

    Anagrams

    * ----

    bawling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1611 , William Shakepseare, The Tempest , Act 1, scene1 :
    • A pox o' your throat, you bawling , blasphemous, incharitable dog!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who bawls or shouts.
  • * E. F. Benson
    • Nobody could call Major Flint, with his bawlings and his sniffings, the least mysterious.