As nouns the difference between boxing and badminton
is that boxing is (sports) a sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout or boxing can be material used for making boxes or casing while badminton is badminton.
As a verb boxing
is or boxing can be .
boxing
English
Etymology 1
From
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
wikipedia boxing)
(
-)
(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
Synonyms
* (sports) fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring
Derived terms
(terms derived from boxing)
* boxing glove
* boxing match
* boxing ring
* kick-boxing, kickboxing
* shadow-boxing, shadowboxing
Related terms
* box
* boxer
See also
(terms associated with boxing)
* clinch
* down for the count
* fancy footwork
* left hook
* on the ropes
* on the canvas
* on the mat
* upper cut
* prizefighting
* ring
* wrestling
* (boxing)
Etymology 2
From
Noun
(
en noun)
Material used for making boxes or casing.
(construction) Casing.
(programming) Automatical conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
Antonyms
* (programming) unboxing
Verb
(head)
badminton
English
Noun
(-)
A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
Synonyms
* badders (UK, informal )
