ball vs bowl

ball and bowl both are nouns.

ball and bowl both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ball	Yes	No	Yes	No
bowl	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bowl is a hyponym of ball; that is, bowl is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ball:

ball: round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
bowl: a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling

Other hyponyms of ball include baseball, basketball, billiard ball, bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball, bowling ball, cricket ball, croquet ball, field hockey ball, football, golf ball, handball, jack, lacrosse ball, marble, medicine ball, ninepin ball, skittle ball, ping-pong ball, polo ball, pool ball, punch bag, punchball, punching bag, punching ball, racquetball, roulette ball, rugby ball, soccer ball, squash ball, tennis ball, volley ball, volleyball, Wiffle, Wiffle Ball, softball, playground ball.

ball (noun)	bowl (noun)
a pitch that is not in the strike zone	the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs	a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games	a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding grains or liquids
a spherical object used as a plaything	a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
a solid projectile that is shot by a musket	a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass	a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens	a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
a lavish dance requiring formal attire	the quantity contained in a bowl
a compact mass	a concave shape with an open top
an object with a spherical shape

ball (verb)	bowl (verb)
form into a ball by winding or rolling	engage in the sport of bowling
to live very well	hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
	roll (a ball)

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