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jump ball vs commencement

commencement vs jump ball

jump ball and commencement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
jump ball Yes No No No
commencement Yes No No No
As nouns, commencement is a hypernym of jump ball; that is, commencement is a word with a broader meaning than jump ball:
  • jump ball: (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate
  • commencement: the act of starting something
Other hypernyms of jump ball include beginning, start.
jump ball (noun) commencement (noun)
(basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate the act of starting something
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
the time at which something is supposed to begin
Difference between jump ball and commencement

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