hoops vs basketball

hoops and basketball both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hoops	Yes	No	No	No
basketball	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hoops and basketball are synonyms defined as:

hoops and basketball: a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

Other synonyms of hoops include basketball game.

hoops (noun)	basketball (noun)
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop	a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
	an inflated ball used in playing basketball