baseball vs softball

baseball

noun
  • The ball used to play the sport of baseball. 

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

  • 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. 

softball

noun
  • The ball used to play the sport. 

  • A question designed to be easy to answer. 

  • A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand. 

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