Battledore vs. Badminton — What's the Difference?

An early form of badminton played with a flat wooden paddle and a shuttlecock.

Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side).

The paddle used in this game.

A game with rackets in which a shuttlecock is hit back and forth across a net.

A badminton racket.

A sport played by volleying a shuttlecock back and forth over a high narrow net by means of a light, long-handled racket.

A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.

(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.

The racket used in this game.

(countable) A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.

(obsolete) A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet.

A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.

(historical) A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them.

A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.

Same as battledoor.

A game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net

A light long-handled racket used by badminton players

An ancient racket game