Basketball vs. Netball
Difference Between Basketball and Netball
Basketballnoun
A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
Netballnoun
(uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.
Basketballnoun
(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. Basketball
Netballnoun
(countable) The ball used in this sport.
Basketballnoun
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop
Netballnoun
a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post
Basketballnoun
an inflated ball used in playing basketball
