Rocket vs. Racket — What's the Difference?

A vehicle designed for space travel.

A fraudulent or dishonest scheme.

A missile propelled by a rocket engine.

An archaic term for a clamorous argument or dispute.

A sudden and rapid increase.

A bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash

A leafy, edible plant.

A loud unpleasant noise; a din

A rocket (from Italian: rocchetto, lit. 'bobbin/spool') is a projectile that spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicles use to obtain thrust from a rocket engine. Rocket engine exhaust is formed entirely from propellant carried within the rocket.

An illegal or dishonest scheme for obtaining money

A cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal.

Make or move with a loud unpleasant noise

A severe reprimand

Enjoy oneself socially; go in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment

An edible Mediterranean plant of the cabbage family, whose leaves are eaten in salads.

A device consisting of an oval or circular frame with a tight interlaced network of strings and a handle, used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in various games.

(of an amount, price, etc.) increase very rapidly and suddenly

A wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis.

Attack with rocket-propelled missiles

A snowshoe.

A rocket engine.

A loud distressing noise.

A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.

A dishonest or fraudulent business or practice.

A projectile weapon carrying a warhead that is powered and propelled by rockets.

Often rackets An illegal moneymaking activity, especially one controlled by organized crime.

A projectile firework having a cylindrical shape and a fuse that is lit from the rear.

An easy, profitable means of livelihood.

See arugula.

(Slang) A business or occupation.

Any of several plants of the mustard family, especially the dame's rocket and the sea rocket.

To make or move with a loud distressing noise.

To move swiftly and powerfully, as a rocket

To lead an active social life.

To fly swiftly straight up, as a game bird frightened from cover.

An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.

To soar or rise rapidly

(Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

To carry by means of a rocket.

A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.

To assault with rockets.

A loud noise.

A rocket engine.

An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.

(military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.

A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.

Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.

A rocket propelled firework; a skyrocket.

To strike with, or as if with, a racket.

(slang) An ace (the playing card).

(intransitive) To make a clattering noise.

An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.

To be dissipated; to carouse.

A blunt lance head used in jousting.

A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.

(figurative) Something that shoots high in the air.

A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; - chiefly in the plural.

A stupid or crazy person.

A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

A very physically attractive woman.

A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.

The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.

Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.

(Consolida regalis).

A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

(ambitransitive) To accelerate swiftly and powerfully.

A scheme, dodge, trick, or the like; something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, or the like; also, such occurrence considered as an ordeal; as, to work a racket; to stand upon the racket.

To fly vertically.

An organized illegal activity, such as illegal gambling, bootlegging, or extortion.

To rise or soar rapidly.

To strike with, or as with, a racket.

To carry something in a rocket.

To make a confused noise or racket.

To attack something with rockets.

To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.

A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.

To carouse or engage in dissipation.

An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.

A loud and disturbing noise

A blunt lance head used in the joust.

An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

Any flying device propelled by the reactive force of hot gases expelled in the direction opposite its motion. The fuel used to generate the expelled gases in rockets may be solid or liquid; rockets propelled by liquid fuels typically have a combustible fuel (such as hydrogen or kerosene) which is combined inside the rocket engine with an oxidizer, such as liquid oxygen. Single liquid fuels (called monopropellants) are also known. Since rocket engines do not depend on a surrounding fluid medium to generate their thrust, as do airplanes with propellers or jet engines, they may be used for propulsion in the vacuum of space.

The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;

To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.

A sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games

Any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine

Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities;

A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

Make loud and annoying noises

Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

Hit (a ball) with a racket

Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

A tool with a handle and a round frame with tightly laced strings, used in tennis or badminton.

Sends a firework display high into the sky

A loud and unpleasant noise.

Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket;

A loud and disruptive commotion.

Propel with a rocket

A firework that propels itself into the air.

Racket can mean a loud, disruptive, or unpleasant noise.

In sports, a racket is equipment used to hit balls in games like tennis or badminton.

Rockets are often used as weapons in military contexts.

Rockets in fireworks propel themselves into the air before exploding in colorful displays.

Yes, rocket can also refer to a leafy, edible plant often used in salads.

In tennis, a racket is used to hit the ball across the net during play.

To rocket in popularity means to increase rapidly and significantly.

A rocket is a vehicle, typically cylindrical, used for space travel or as a military weapon.

Yes, rockets are commonly used for space exploration and scientific missions.

Yes, racket can also mean a fraudulent or dishonest scheme.

In common usage, racket often refers to a loud noise, but it can also mean a disturbance or scam.

Modern rackets are usually made of materials like carbon fiber, ceramics, and synthetic strings.

Rockets are usually fueled by chemical propellants or engines.

In badminton, the racket is a crucial piece of equipment for striking the shuttlecock.

Historically, racket could refer to a loud dispute or argument, though this usage is now archaic.