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Glove vs Football - What's the difference?

glove | football |

As nouns the difference between glove and football

is that glove is an item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers while football is the kind of ball used in american football.

As a verb glove

is (baseball|transitive) to catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

glove

English

(wikipedia glove)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers.
  • A baseball mitt.
  • (baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
  • (slang) A condom.

    • Verb

    (glov)
  • (baseball) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
    • He gloved the line drive for the third out.
  • To put on a glove.
    • Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.
  • (cricket) To touch a delivery with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.

    • Derived terms

    * baseball glove * boxing glove * drop the gloves * fingerless glove * fit like a glove * given the glove * glovey * glovish * hand in glove * iron fist in a velvet glove * kid gloves * the gloves are off * velvet glove * work glove * deglove * gloved

    See also

    * gauntlet * handshoe * mitten * mitt

    Anagrams

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    football

    English

    Noun

  • (general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
    • Roman and medieval football''' matches were more violent than any modern type of '''football .
  • (other than North America, uncountable) association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in Canada and the United States.
    • Each team scored three goals when they played football .
  • (US, uncountable) American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
    • Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football .
  • (Canada, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a wide field in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
    • They played football in the snow.
  • (Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, uncountable) Australian rules football.
  • (Ireland, uncountable) Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
  • (Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
  • (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) rugby union
  • (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
    • ''The player kicked the football .
  • (uncountable) Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
  • (figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
    • That budget item became a political football .
  • (slang, countable) The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.

    • Synonyms

    * ("football" in Britain) ** (all varieties of English) association football, soccer (all varieties of English), wogball (Australian racist slang) ** (British slang) footie, footer * ("football" in the US) American football, (Australia) gridiron, gridiron football * ("football" in Canada) (outside Canada) Canadian football * footy, Aussie Rules, VFL (outdated), AFL * ("football" in New South Wales and Queensland) footy, league * soccer * (ball) ** (in all varieties of English and in all games called "football") ball ** footy, pill ** soccerball ** soccer ball ** pigskin

    Derived terms

    * American football * arena football * Australian rules football * Barbarian football * blow football * Canadian flag football * Canadian football * Gaelic football * five-a-side football * flag football * football hooligan * football match * football player * football tennis * footballer * footballing * gridiron football * political football * roller football * table football * touch football * tackle football

    Related terms

    * foosball

    See also

    * for a list of terms used in football/soccer. * (Football) * Details of the word football in various parts of the world. * (American football) * Translations of football (soccer) terms 1000 English basic words ----