Cuesport vs Billiards - What's the difference?
cuesport | billiards |
(rare)
* 1996 June 7, Carl M. Pearson, "
* 2002' December 26, Jason Batley, "
* 2003 November 4, Austin K. Williams, "
* 2004 March 18, Tjander Nathoeni, "
* 2006 August 25, John Black, "
(games, British) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
(games, US) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.
English plurals
As nouns the difference between cuesport and billiards
is that cuesport is (rare) while billiards is (games|british) a two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.cuesport
English
(wikipedia cuesport)Noun
(en noun)Re: 'Color of Moan-ey'", in rec.sport.billiard, Usenet:
- Their false mannerisms fell away and they settled down to the skill/science/mindset/practise of their cuesport .
Are US citizens unable to play any 'cuesport ?", in rec.sport.billiard, Usenet:
- Snooker is the ultimate cuesport , with even minor professionals earning hundreds of thousands.
Re: Disagreement ...", in alt.sport.snooker, Usenet:
- snooker has, at best, a grim future. Too bad, greatest cuesport ever.
Re: Man ... this place", in alt.sport.pool, Usenet:
- Ofcourse(SIC) the top players in whatever cuesport are the best cueist there are and the best poolplayers normally play their shots clean but still...
Re: Some thoughts on KoH Final", in rec.sport.billiard, Usenet:
- Ok, so now the only question is: is there any cuesport he's not great at?