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Coach vs Soccer - What's the difference?

coach | soccer |

As nouns the difference between coach and soccer

is that coach is a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power while soccer is association football]], a game in which two teams of eleven players contend to get a round ball into their opponent's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their [[foot|feet.

As verbs the difference between coach and soccer

is that coach is (sports) to train while soccer is (australian rules football) to kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

coach

English

Noun

(es)
  • A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
  • (rail) A railroad car drawn by a locomotive.
  • A trainer or instructor.
  • (British) A single decked long-distance, or privately hired bus.
  • (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
  • * Samuel Pepys
  • The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach .
  • That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying standard fare.
  • John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.

    Synonyms

    * (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power) carriage * (railroad car drawn by a locomotive) carriage

    Derived terms

    * coachable * coach and horses * coachbuilder * coach dog * coacher * coach horse * coach lamp * coachman * coachmaster * coach roof * coachwork * head coach * life coach * roach coach * slip coach * stagecoach

    Verb

    (es)
  • (sports) To train.
  • To instruct; to train.
  • She has coached many opera stars.
  • To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it ).
  • * E. Waterhouse
  • Coaching it to all quarters.
  • To convey in a coach.
  • (Alexander Pope)

    Derived terms

    * coachability

    soccer

    English

    (wikipedia soccer)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Association football]], a game in which two teams of eleven players contend to get a round ball into their opponent's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their [[foot, feet.
  • Usage notes

    *football (meaning "soccer") is more commonly used in the UK.

    Synonyms

    * association football * football

    Derived terms

    * soccer mom

    See also

    * (Association football)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Australian rules football) To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
  • * 1990 Geoffrey Blainey, A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football , 2003, Black Inc. Publishing, p73.
  • The rule seems to have encouraged players to soccer the ball along the ground.
  • * 2008 , John Devaney, Full Points Footy?s WA Football Companion , page 334,
  • West Perth seemed on the verge of victory, only to succumb by 4 points after a soccered goal from Old Easts with less than half a minute remaining.
  • * 2010 March 27, Michael Whiting, “Lions give Fev debut to remember”, AFL - The official site of the Australian Football League .
  • Fevola showed the best and worst of his play after dropping a simple chest mark, only to regather seconds later and soccer the ball through from the most acute of angles.

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