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Paintball vs Airsoft - What's the difference?

paintball | airsoft |

As nouns the difference between paintball and airsoft

is that paintball is (uncountable) a sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye while airsoft is a modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a compressed-air gun.

As a verb paintball

is to engage in the sport of paintball.

paintball

English

(wikipedia paintball)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.
  • (countable) The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in the sport of paintball.
  • To shoot someone using a paintball gun.

    • airsoft

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a compressed-air gun

    • Derived terms

    * airsoft gun

    See also

    * (wikipedia "airsoft")