As nouns the difference between badminton and soccer
is that
badminton is a racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English while
soccer is association football, a game in which two teams of eleven players contend to get a round ball into their opponent's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their feet.
As a proper noun Badminton
is a village in Gloucestershire, England.
As a verb soccer is
to kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
badminton English
Noun
(-)
A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
Synonyms
* badders (UK, informal )
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soccer Noun
(-)
Association football]], a game in which two teams of eleven players contend to get a round ball into their opponent's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their [[foot, feet.
Usage notes
*football (meaning "soccer") is more commonly used in the UK.
Synonyms
* association football
* football
Derived terms
* soccer mom
Related terms
* rugger
See also
* (Association football)
Verb
( en verb)
(Australian rules football) To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
* 1990 Geoffrey Blainey, A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football , 2003, Black Inc. Publishing, p73.
- The rule seems to have encouraged players to soccer the ball along the ground.
* 2008 , John Devaney, Full Points Footy?s WA Football Companion , page 334 ,
- West Perth seemed on the verge of victory, only to succumb by 4 points after a soccered goal from Old Easts with less than half a minute remaining.
* 2010 March 27, Michael Whiting, “Lions give Fev debut to remember”, AFL - The official site of the Australian Football League .
- Fevola showed the best and worst of his play after dropping a simple chest mark, only to regather seconds later and soccer the ball through from the most acute of angles.
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