basketball vs bowls

basketball

noun
  • The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. 

  • A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. 

verb
  • To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball 

  • To play basketball 

bowls

noun
  • A ball used in the game of bowls 

  • A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do. 

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