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Rugby vs Skipper - What's the difference?

rugby | skipper |

As nouns the difference between rugby and skipper

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 skipper is the master of a ship (literally, 'shipper').

As a proper noun Rugby

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

As a verb skipper is

to be the skipper of a ship.

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) ----

    skipper

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) scipper, from scip. Compare German (m), (m), Old Norse (m); confer (m), (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) The master of a ship (literally, 'shipper').
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10 , passage=The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.}}
  • A coach, director, or other leader.
  • (label) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Sam Sheringham, work=BBC
    • , title= Liverpool 0-1 Wolverhampton , passage=But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool}}
    Synonyms
    * (nautical) master , captain

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be the skipper of a ship

    • Etymology 2

    See to skip .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who skips.
  • A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
  • Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
  • Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially .
  • (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • The , which leap to escape predators.
    • (Webster 1913)

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