goalpost

As nouns the difference between pole and goalpost

is that pole is pole while goalpost is (sports) in american football, the tall y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order to score a field goal originally, they were h-shaped, with two wooden posts on either side.

As a noun goalpost

is (sports) in american football, the tall y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order to score a field goal originally, they were h-shaped, with two wooden posts on either side.

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In sports terms the difference between crossbar and goalpost

is that crossbar is the top of the goal structure while goalpost is one of the two side poles of the goal.

As nouns the difference between crossbar and goalpost

is that crossbar is any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across a door, or the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor while goalpost is in American football, the tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order to score a field goal. Originally, they were H-shaped, with two wooden posts on either side.

As nouns the difference between goalpost and goalsquare

is that goalpost is (sports) in american football, the tall y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order to score a field goal originally, they were h-shaped, with two wooden posts on either side while goalsquare is (australian rules football) one of the squares, measuring 9 by 64 metres, marked at either end of the ground in front of the goalpost, and from which the ball is kicked after a behind.