Ball vs. Bawl — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ball and Bawl
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Ball
A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid) with various uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players.
Bawl
Shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly
‘Move!’ bawled the drill corporal
We began to bawl out the words of the carol
Ball
A solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game
A cricket ball
Bawl
Weep or cry noisily
I began to bawl like a child
Ball
(in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batsman
His half century came off only forty balls
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Bawl
A loud, unrestrained shout
He addressed every class in a terrifying bawl
Ball
The rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe.
Bawl
To cry or sob loudly; wail.
Ball
A formal social gathering for dancing
Anne danced with the captain at a fancy-dress ball
A ball gown
Bawl
To cry out loudly and vehemently; shout.
Ball
Squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape
Robert balled up his napkin and threw it on to his plate
Bawl
To utter in a loud, vehement voice.
Ball
Have sexual intercourse with.
Bawl
A loud, bellowing cry; a wail.
Ball
(of a flower) fail to open properly, decaying in the half-open bud.
Bawl
(transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
Ball
A spherical object or entity
A steel ball.
Bawl
(intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
Ball
A spherical or almost spherical body
A ball of flame.
Bawl
(intransitive) To weep profusely.
Ball
Any of various movable and round or oblong objects used in various athletic activities and games.
Bawl
A loud, intense shouting or wailing.
Ball
Such an object moving, thrown, hit, or kicked in a particular manner
A low ball.
A fair ball.
Bawl
To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.
Ball
A game, especially baseball or basketball, played with such an object.
Bawl
To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.
Ball
A pitched baseball that does not pass through the strike zone and is not swung at by the batter.
Bawl
To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does.
Ball
A solid spherical or pointed projectile, such as one shot from a cannon.
Bawl
A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.
Ball
Projectiles of this kind considered as a group.
Bawl
Shout loudly and without restraint
Ball
A rounded part or protuberance, especially of the body
The ball of the foot.
Bawl
Make a raucous noise
Ball
A testicle.
Bawl
Cry loudly;
Don't bawl in public!
Ball
Balls Courage, especially when reckless.
Ball
Balls Great presumptuousness.
Ball
A formal gathering for social dancing.
Ball
(Informal) An extremely enjoyable time or experience
We had a ball during our vacation.
Ball
To form into a ball.
Ball
Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.
Ball
To become formed into a ball.
Ball
Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.
Ball
A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
A ball of spittle; a fecal ball
Ball
A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
A ball of wool; a ball of twine
Ball
(mathematics) Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.
Ball
(mathematics) In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.
Ball
(mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
Ball
(mathematics) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point.
Ball
A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
Ball
A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
Ball
Such bullets collectively.
Ball
A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.
The ball of the thumb
Ball
(anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
Ball
The globe; the earthly sphere.
Ball
An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game
Ball
Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively.
Ball
A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
Ball
An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
If you get to a million points, you get another ball.
Ball
A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
Ball
A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
Ball
A testicle.
Ball
(in the plural) Nonsense.
That’s a load of balls, and you know it!
Ball
(in the plural) Courage.
I doubt he’s got the balls to tell you off.
Ball
A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
Ball
A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
Ball
One thousand US dollars.
Ball
A formal dance.
Ball
(informal) A very enjoyable time.
I had a ball at that concert.
Ball
A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.
Ball
(transitive) To form or wind into a ball.
To ball cotton
Ball
(metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
Ball
To have sexual intercourse with.
Ball
(ambitransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
The horse balls
The snow balls
Ball
To be hip or cool.
Ball
(university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (blackball)
Ball
To play basketball.
Ball
(transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and chain.
Ball
(Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.
Ball
Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
Ball
A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
Ball
A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
Ball
Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; - often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.
Ball
A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.
Ball
A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; - formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.
Ball
A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
Ball
A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus.
Ball
The globe or earth.
Move round the dark terrestrial ball.
Ball
A pitched ball, not struck at by the batter, which fails to pass over the home plate at a height not greater than the batter's shoulder nor less than his knee (i.e. it is outside the strike zone). If the pitcher pitches four balls before three strikes are called, the batter advances to first base, and the action of pitching four balls is called a walk.
Ball
A testicle; usually used in the plural.
Ball
Courage; nerve.
Ball
A social assembly for the purpose of dancing; - usually applied to an occasion lavish or formal.
Ball
A very enjoyable time; as, we had a ball at the wedding.
Ball
To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
Ball
To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
Ball
To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
Ball
Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games;
The ball travelled 90 mph on his serve
The mayor threw out the first ball
The ball rolled into the corner pocket
Ball
A solid ball shot by a musket;
They had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball
Ball
An object with a spherical shape;
A ball of fire
Ball
The people assembled at a lavish formal dance;
The ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded
Ball
One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;
She kicked him in the balls and got away
Ball
A spherical object used as a plaything;
He played with his rubber ball in the bathtub
Ball
United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
Ball
A compact mass;
A ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
Ball
A lavish formal dance
Ball
A more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb;
He stood on the balls of his feet
Ball
A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run;
He played baseball in high school
There was a baseball game on every empy lot
There was a desire for National League ball in the area
Play ball!
Ball
A pitch that is not in the strike zone;
He threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him
Ball
Form into a ball by winding or rolling;
Ball wool
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