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Bowling vs Bowline - What's the difference?

bowling | bowline |

As nouns the difference between bowling and bowline

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 bowline is (nautical) a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam.

As a verb bowling

is .

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

    * ----

    bowline

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia bowline) (en noun)
  • (nautical) a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam

    • Related terms

    * bowline bridle * running bowline * on a bowline