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Pairs vs Doubles - What's the difference?

pairs | doubles |

As nouns the difference between pairs and doubles

is that pairs is while doubles is .

As a verb pairs

is (pair).

pairs

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (pair)
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    doubles

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • English plurals
  • (sports, plurale tantum) a game between pairs of players
  • Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles .
  • (campanology, plurale tantum) bell changes rung on five bells
  • A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.
  • A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
  • Derived terms

    * mixed doubles

    Verb

    (head)
  • (double)
  • The population doubles every ten minutes.

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