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bowling vs googly

googly vs bowling

bowling and googly both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bowling Yes No No No
googly Yes No No No
As nouns, googly is a hyponym of bowling; that is, googly is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bowling:
  • bowling: (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
  • googly: a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way
Other hyponyms of bowling include Chinaman, bosie, bosie ball, wrong 'un, no ball.
bowling (noun) googly (noun)
a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way
the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
(cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
Difference between bowling and googly

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