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Skating vs Bowling - What's the difference?

skating | bowling |

As verbs the difference between skating and bowling

is that skating is while bowling is .

As nouns the difference between skating and bowling

is that skating is the action or sport of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates while bowling is a game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling.

skating

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The action or sport of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
  • * 1854 , Charles Manby Smith, The working-man's way in the world (page 283)
  • My merry Christmas and first matrimonial plum-pudding, which I had a hand in compounding — the sprig of mistletoe which I bought for home-consumption, the walks in the parks and the skatings on the Serpentine during the two days' holiday

    Derived terms

    * figure skating * free skating * ice skating * park skating * roller skating * skating on thin ice * skating rink * ski skating * speed skating * street skating

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    bowling

    English

    (bowling)

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (-)
  • A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling
  • (label) Candlepin bowling.
  • Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
  • (label) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
  • (label) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
  • (label) The action of the verb .
  • (label) Road bowling.
  • Derived terms

    * bowling alley * bowling ball * bowling green * ten-pin bowling * candlepin bowling

    See also

    * boules * bowls * crown green bowling * lawn bowls * ninepins * skittles

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