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Checkers vs Drafts - What's the difference?

checkers | drafts |

As nouns the difference between checkers and drafts

is that checkers is (board games|us|canada|in the singular) a game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent’s pieces by jumping over them other european varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces while drafts is .

As verbs the difference between checkers and drafts

is that checkers is (checker) while drafts is (draft).

checkers

English

(wikipedia checkers)

Etymology

From (etyl) .

Noun

(-)
  • (board games, US, Canada, in the singular) A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent’s pieces by jumping over them. Other European varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces.
  • English plurals
  • (board games, US, Canada, in the plural) the playing pieces in the game of checkers.

    • Synonyms

    * draughts (UK)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (checker)

    • Anagrams

    *

    drafts

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (draft)