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Soccer vs Outshoot - What's the difference?

soccer | outshoot |

As verbs the difference between soccer and outshoot

is that soccer is (australian rules football) to kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands while outshoot is (sports|us) to score more goals than the other side in a goal sport such as hockey or soccer.

As a noun 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 [[foot|feet.

soccer

English

(wikipedia soccer)

Noun

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  • 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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    outshoot

    English

    Alternative forms

    * out-shoot

    Verb

  • (sports, US) To score more goals than the other side in a goal sport such as hockey or soccer
  • * {{quote-news, 2001, June 4, Andrew R. Tripaldi, SOCCER; Despite Being Outshot, the Power Upends the Breakers, The New York Times citation
    • , passage=Boston outshot New York by 16-10, including by 8-3 in the first half, but Gao Hong, the Power's goaltender, covered her zone impressively.}}

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