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Skating vs Hockey - What's the difference?

skating | hockey |

As nouns the difference between skating and hockey

is that skating is the action or sport of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates while hockey is hockey (family of sports).

As a verb skating

is .

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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    hockey

    English

    (wikipedia hockey)

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    (-)
  • (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

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