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Croquet vs Cricket - What's the difference?

croquet | cricket |

As nouns the difference between cricket and croquet

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 croquet is a game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).

As verbs the difference between cricket and croquet

is that cricket is to play the game of cricket while croquet is to play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.

croquet

English

Noun

(wikipedia croquet)
  • (uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
  • (countable, games) A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
  • (countable) A croquette.

    • Derived terms

    * croqueter * croquetlike * croquet mallet * roque

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (games) To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.

    • 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.