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Striker vs Strikeforce - What's the difference?

striker | strikeforce |

In soccer|lang=en terms the difference between striker and strikeforce

is that striker is (soccer) one of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals while strikeforce is (soccer) collectively, the strikers in a team.

As nouns the difference between striker and strikeforce

is that striker is an individual who is on strike while strikeforce is a group in an organization such as the police or the army that has been trained especially for dealing with serious and urgent threats.

striker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An individual who is on strike.
  • Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
  • # A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
  • (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 28 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Olympiakos had barely been in the Arsenal half but should have levelled in the 14th minute. A low corner was not dealt with and the ball fell to the feet of striker Rafik Djebbour, who saw his close-range effort brilliantly cleared from the goalline by Arteta.}}
  • The batter.
  • (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
  • (obsolete) A harpoon.
  • (obsolete) A harpooner.
    • Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers , and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish. — Dampier.
  • (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.
    • (Massinger)
  • (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.
  • (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.
    • (webster)

    Synonyms

    * (soccer position) attacker, centre forward, forward

    strikeforce

    English

    Alternative forms

    * strike force

    Noun

    (-)
  • a group in an organization such as the police or the army that has been trained especially for dealing with serious and urgent threats
  • (soccer) collectively, the strikers in a team
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Liverpool's £58m strikeforce of Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez scored the goals that settled the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park - but Everton were left complaining bitterly about Jack Rodwell's controversial early red card.}}