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Boxing vs Bowling - What's the difference?

boxing | bowling |

As verbs the difference between boxing and bowling

is that boxing is or boxing can be while bowling is .

As nouns the difference between boxing and bowling

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 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.

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
    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)
  • 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

    See also

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

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