Bowel vs. Bowl — What's the Difference?

Often bowels The intestine.

A bowl is a round dish or container typically used to prepare and serve food. The interior of a bowl is characteristically shaped like a spherical cap, with the edges and the bottom forming a seamless curve.

A part or division of the intestine

A round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid

Bowels The interior of something

A natural basin.

Bowels(Archaic) The seat of pity or the gentler emotions.

A stadium for sporting or musical events

A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

A wooden or hard rubber ball, slightly asymmetrical so that it runs on a curved course, used in the game of bowls.

(in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.

A spell or turn of bowling in cricket.

The (deep) interior of something.

Roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground

The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.

(of a bowler) propel (the ball) with a straight arm towards the batsman, typically in such a way that the ball bounces once

Offspring

Move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction

To disembowel.

A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.

One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; - generally used in the plural.

The contents of such a vessel.

Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.

A drinking goblet.

The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.

A bowl-shaped part, as of a spoon or pipe.

Offspring.

A bowl-shaped topographic depression.

To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.

The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

(Football) Any of various postseason games played between specially selected teams, especially at the college level.

A ball, traditionally made of wood, that is weighted or slightly flattened so as to roll with a bias, used in lawn bowling.

A roll or throw of a ball in lawn bowling and other bowling games.

Bowls(used with a sing. verb) See lawn bowling.

A revolving cylinder or drum in a machine.

To participate in a game of bowling

To throw or roll a ball in a game of bowling

To hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch toward the batsman at the other, keeping the arm straight throughout the delivery.

To move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling

To throw or roll (a ball).

To make (a specified score) in bowling

To perform (a specified amount, as a string or game) in bowling

To move quickly and smoothly by or as if by rolling

To meet or strike with or as if with the force of a rapidly rolling object

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

As much as is held by a bowl.

(cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.

A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.

The round hollow part of anything.

The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.

A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking

(typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.

(landforms) A round crater (or similar) in the ground.

An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.

(American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)

The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.

The action of bowling a ball.

The game of bowls.

(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

(intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

(intransitive) To play bowling or a similar game.

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.

The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.

A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.

An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

The game of tenpins or bowling.

To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

To play with bowls.

To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.

To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

A round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food

A concave shape with an open top

A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

The quantity contained in a bowl

A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

A wooden ball (with flattened sides) used in the game of bowls

A small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco

Roll (a ball)

Engage in the sport of bowling;