Soccer vs. Tennis — What's the Difference?

A form of football played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball which may not be handled during play except by the goalkeepers.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.

A game played on a rectangular field with net goals at either end in which two teams of 11 players each try to drive a ball into the other's goal by kicking, heading, or using any part of the body except the arms and hands. The goalie is the only player who may touch or move the ball with the arms or hands.

A game played with rackets and a light ball by two players or two pairs of players on a rectangular court divided by a net. The players must hit the ball over the net and into a marked area on the other side for play to continue. Also called lawn tennis.

Indoor soccer.

Court tennis.

Association football.

(sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.

(Australian rules football) To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

(dated) A match in this sport.

A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

(obsolete) An earlier game in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racquet or with the open hand.

To play tennis.

(transitive) To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.

A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.

To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.

A game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court