baseball vs goal

baseball

noun
  • A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins. 

  • The ball used to play the sport of baseball. 

  • A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance. 

goal

noun
  • In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object. 

  • A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal. 

  • A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer. 

  • The act of placing the object into the goal. 

  • A result that one is attempting to achieve. 

verb
  • To score a goal. 

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