Cricket vs. Rounders: What's the Difference?

Any of various orthopteran insects of the family Gryllidae, having long antennae and legs adapted for leaping. The males of many species produce a shrill chirping sound by rubbing the front wings together.

One that rounds, especially a tool for rounding corners and edges.

(Sports) An outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each.

One, such as a security guard, who makes rounds.

Good sportsmanship and fair conduct

A dissolute person.

A small wooden footstool.

A boxing match that goes on for a specified number of rounds. Often used in combination

A ridged structure made of two adjoining triangular pieces covered with flashing or roofing material and built at the upper intersection of a roof and chimney to divert water and prevent the accumulation of snow and debris. Also called saddle.

Rounders (used with a sing. verb) An English ball game similar to baseball.

To play the game of cricket.

A team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. It is similar to softball and baseball.

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

An English ball game similar to baseball

In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.

A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.

A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.

An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.

(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.

An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.

A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).

A wooden footstool.

To play the game of cricket.

An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.

A low stool.

A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.

A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.

To play at cricket.

Leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

Play cricket