hockey

As nouns the difference between football and hockey

is that football is the kind of ball used in american football while hockey is hockey (family of sports).

As nouns the difference between hockey and hurling

is that hockey is ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks while hurling is the act by which something is hurled or thrown.

As a verb hurling is

present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between hockey and basketball

is that hockey is hockey (family of sports) while basketball is basketball.

As nouns the difference between gymnastics and hockey

is that gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness while hockey is hockey (family of sports).

As nouns the difference between rugby and hockey

is that rugby is a sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past their opponent’s territory or kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar while hockey is ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.

As a proper noun Rugby

is a town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated.

As nouns the difference between hockey and bockey

is that hockey is ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks while bockey is a bowl or vessel made from a gourd.

As nouns the difference between hockey and hocket

is that hockey is hockey (family of sports) while hocket is hiccup.