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Rugby vs Hockey - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between rugby and hockey

is that rugby is a sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past their opponent’s territory or kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar while hockey is ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.

As a proper noun Rugby

is a town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated.

rugby

English

Alternative forms

* Rugby

Noun

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  • A sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past their opponent’s territory or kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.
    • The scrum is a distinctive element of rugby .

    Synonyms

    * rugby football, rugger

    Derived terms

    * chesterfield rugby * rugby ball * rugby league * rugby player * rugby sevens * rugby union

    See also

    * ("rugby" on Wikipedia) ----

    hockey

    English

    (wikipedia hockey)

    Etymology 1

    Unknown origin, 16th century, possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick.

    Noun

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  • (North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.
  • (British) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.
  • A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, or shinny.
    • Synonyms
    * ice hockey * field hockey * (Canada) shinny, shinny hockey
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from "hockey") * air hockey * cosom hockey * field hockey * floor hockey * foot hockey * hockey arena * hockey bag * hockey club * hockey cushion * hockey dad * hockey glove * hockey hair * hockey jacket * hockey mask * hockey mom, hockey mother * hockey pants * hockey puck * hockey rink * hockey skate * hockey socks * hockey stick * hockey tape * ice hockey * inline hockey * mini hockey * pick-up hockey, pickup hockey * pond hockey * quad hockey * road hockey * roller hockey * shinny hockey * skater hockey * sledge hockey * sled hockey * street hockey * table hockey * underwater hockey * wheelchair hockey

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (darts)
  • * 1985 , Keith Turner, Darts (page 22)
    • Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys ; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks

    References

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