Football vs Players - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between football and players is that football is the kind of ball used in american football while players is .
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* footy, Aussie Rules, VFL (outdated), AFL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
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