ball vs football

football vs ball

ball and football both are nouns.

ball is a verb but football is not a verb.

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

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

ball: round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
football: the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

Other hyponyms of ball include baseball, basketball, billiard ball, bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball, bowl, bowl, bowling ball, cricket ball, croquet ball, field hockey ball, 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)	football (noun)
a pitch that is not in the strike zone	any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs	the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
a spherical object used as a plaything
a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
a compact mass
an object with a spherical shape

ball (verb)	football (verb)
form into a ball by winding or rolling
to live very well

Difference between ball and football

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