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basketball shot vs lay-up

lay-up vs basketball shot

basketball shot and lay-up both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
basketball shot Yes No No No
lay-up Yes No No No
As nouns, lay-up is a hyponym of basketball shot; that is, lay-up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than basketball shot:
  • basketball shot: throwing the basketball toward the hoop
  • lay-up: a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
basketball shot (noun) lay-up (noun)
throwing the basketball toward the hoop a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
Difference between basketball shot and lay-up

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