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Cricket vs Rounders - What's the difference?

cricket | rounders |

In chiefly british terms the difference between cricket and rounders

is that cricket is an act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport while rounders is a team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. Similar to softball and baseball.

As nouns the difference between cricket and rounders

is that cricket is an insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family family: Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs while rounders is a team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. Similar to softball and baseball.

As a verb cricket

is to play the game of cricket.

cricket

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) criquet, from .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family , that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
  • A wooden footstool.
  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions
  • A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
  • (US slang, in the plural) Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.
    • Derived terms
    * balm cricket * chirpy as a cricket * cricket bird * cricket frog * house cricket * mole cricket * Mormon cricket * true cricket

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch 'to ricochet' , i.e. "to chase a ball with a crook".[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7919429.stm]

    Noun

    (-)
  • (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
  • (chiefly, British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
    • ''That player's foul wasn't cricket !
    Usage notes
    The sense "An act that is fair and sportsmanlike" is always used in negative constructions and is not restricted to sports usage. * (An act that is unfair or unsportsmanlike) not cricket
    See also
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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To play the game of cricket.

    • rounders

    English

    (wikipedia rounders)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

  • (chiefly, British) A team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. Similar to softball and baseball.

    • Etymology 2

    see rounder

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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