Cricket vs Volleyball - What's the difference?
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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.
(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.
(uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.
(countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.
As nouns the difference between cricket and volleyball
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 volleyball is a game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.As a verb cricket
is to play the game of cricket.cricket
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) criquet, from .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* balm cricket * chirpy as a cricket * cricket bird * cricket frog * house cricket * mole cricket * Mormon cricket * true cricketEtymology 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
(-)- ''That player's foul wasn't cricket !
