Tennis vs. Volleyball — What's the Difference?

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.

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 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.

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.

Court tennis.

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.

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

The inflated, spherical ball used in this game.

(dated) A match in this sport.

(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.

(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.

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

To play tennis.

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

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

An inflated ball used in playing volleyball

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