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Ball vs. Orb — What's the Difference?

Ball vs. Orb — What's the Difference?

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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.

Orb

A sphere or spherical object.

Ball

A solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game
A cricket ball

Orb

A celestial body, such as the sun or moon.

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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Orb

(Archaic) The earth.

Ball

The rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe.

Orb

One of a series of concentric transparent spheres thought by ancient and medieval astronomers to rotate about the earth and carry the celestial bodies.

Ball

A formal social gathering for dancing
Anne danced with the captain at a fancy-dress ball
A ball gown

Orb

A globe surmounted by a cross, used as a symbol of monarchial power and justice.

Ball

Squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape
Robert balled up his napkin and threw it on to his plate

Orb

An eye or eyeball.

Ball

Have sexual intercourse with.

Orb

(Archaic) Something of circular form; a circle or orbit.

Ball

(of a flower) fail to open properly, decaying in the half-open bud.

Orb

To shape into a circle or sphere.

Ball

A spherical object or entity
A steel ball.

Orb

(Archaic) To encircle; enclose.

Ball

A spherical or almost spherical body
A ball of flame.

Orb

To move in an orbit.

Ball

Any of various movable and round or oblong objects used in various athletic activities and games.

Orb

A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

Ball

Such an object moving, thrown, hit, or kicked in a particular manner
A low ball.
A fair ball.

Orb

One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions

Ball

A game, especially baseball or basketball, played with such an object.

Orb

(architectural element) A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere

Ball

A pitched baseball that does not pass through the strike zone and is not swung at by the batter.

Orb

An orbit of an heavenly body

Ball

A solid spherical or pointed projectile, such as one shot from a cannon.

Orb

(rare) The time period of an orbit

Ball

Projectiles of this kind considered as a group.

Orb

(poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity

Ball

A rounded part or protuberance, especially of the body
The ball of the foot.

Orb

(poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel

Ball

A testicle.

Orb

(rare) A sphere of action.

Ball

Balls Courage, especially when reckless.

Orb

A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power

Ball

Balls Great presumptuousness.

Orb

A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))

Ball

A formal gathering for social dancing.

Orb

(military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.

Ball

(Informal) An extremely enjoyable time or experience
We had a ball during our vacation.

Orb

(architecture) A blank window or panel.

Ball

To form into a ball.

Orb

To form into an orb or circle.

Ball

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.

Orb

To become round like an orb.

Ball

To become formed into a ball.

Orb

To encircle; to surround; to enclose.

Ball

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.

Orb

A blank window or panel.

Ball

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
A ball of spittle; a fecal ball

Orb

A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
In the small orb of one particular tear.
Whether the prime orb,Incredible how swift, had thither rolled.

Ball

A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
A ball of wool; a ball of twine

Orb

One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.

Ball

(mathematics) Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.

Orb

A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs.
You seem to me as Dian in her orb.
In orbsOf circuit inexpressible they stood,Orb within orb.

Ball

(mathematics) In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.

Orb

A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.

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.

Orb

The eye, as luminous and spherical.
A drop serene hath quenched their orbs.

Ball

(mathematics) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point.

Orb

A revolving circular body; a wheel.
The orbsOf his fierce chariot rolled.

Ball

A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.

Orb

A sphere of action or influence.
But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe.

Ball

A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.

Orb

Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See 1st Mound.

Ball

Such bullets collectively.

Orb

A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.

Ball

A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.
The ball of the thumb

Orb

To form into an orb or circle.

Ball

(anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.

Orb

To encircle; to surround; to inclose.
The wheels were orbed with gold.

Ball

The globe; the earthly sphere.

Orb

To become round like an orb.
And orb into the perfect star.

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

Orb

The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye

Ball

Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively.

Orb

An object with a spherical shape;
A ball of fire

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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