Basketball vs. Volleyball — What's the Difference?

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court) while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three.

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.

A game played between two teams of five players each, the object being to throw a ball through an elevated basket on the opponent's side of a rectangular court. Players may move the ball by dribbling or passing with the hands.

A game for two teams, usually of six players, in which a large ball is hit by hand over a high net, the aim being to score points by making the ball reach the ground on the opponent's side of the court.

The inflated, spherical ball used in this game.

A game played by two teams on a rectangular court divided by a high net, in which each team, using up to three hits per effort to return the ball, tries to drive the ball over the net onto the ground on the opposing team's side.

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

The inflated, spherical ball used in this game.

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. Basketball

(uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.

To play basketball

(countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.

To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball

A game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands

A ball game, usually played indoors in an area called the basketball court, in which two opposing teams of five players each contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball (the basketball) into opposite goals (baskets) resembling baskets, each typically a cylindrical mesh suspended from a circular rim which is held ten feet above the court. A goal scored by passing the basketball through the basket may count from one to three points, depending on the situation in which it was thrown.

An inflated ball used in playing volleyball

The inflatable ball used in the game of basketball.

A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop

An inflated ball used in playing basketball