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down vs ball

ball vs down

down and ball both are nouns.

down is an adjective but ball is not an adjective.

down and ball both are verbs.

down is an adverb but ball is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
down Yes Yes Yes Yes
ball Yes No Yes No
down (noun) ball (noun)
(American football) a complete play to advance the football a pitch that is not in the strike zone
soft fine feathers a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil 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
down (adjective) ball (adjective)
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
filled with melancholy and despondency
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
becoming progressively lower
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
lower than previously
shut
being put out in a game of baseball
understood perfectly
down (verb) ball (verb)
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing form into a ball by winding or rolling
bring down or defeat (an opponent) to live very well
drink down entirely
eat up completely, as with great appetite
cause to come or go down
shoot at and force to come down
down (adverb) ball (adverb)
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
away from a more central or a more northerly place
paid in cash at time of purchase
in an inactive or inoperative state
to a lower intensity
from an earlier time
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