racket vs bat
bat vs racketracket and bat both are nouns.
racket and bat both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| racket | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| bat | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
bat is a hyponym of
racket; that is, bat is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
racket:
- racket: a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
- bat: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
Other hyponyms of racket include
badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore, crosse, squash racket, squash racquet, tennis racket, tennis racquet.
| racket (noun) | bat (noun) |
|---|---|
| an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit | (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit |
| a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games | nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate |
| the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | a club used for hitting a ball in various games |
| a loud and disturbing noise | the club used in playing cricket |
| a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash |
| racket (verb) | bat (verb) |
|---|---|
| hit (a ball) with a racket | wink briefly |
| make loud and annoying noises | beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight |
| celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | strike with, or as if with a baseball bat |
| use a bat | |
| have a turn at bat |
Words related to "racket"
- athletics
- auditory sensation
- badminton racket
- badminton racquet
- bat
- battledore
- carouse
- celebrate
- crosse
- dissonance
- endeavor
- endeavour
- enterprise
- face
- fete
- fraudulent scheme
- grip
- handgrip
- handle
- hit
- hold
- illegitimate enterprise
- jollify
- make happy
- make merry
- make noise
- make whoopee
- noise
- racketeer
- rackety
- racquet
- resound
- revel
- riot
- roister
- sound
- sport
- sports implement
- squash racket
- squash racquet
- tennis racket
- tennis racquet
- wassail
- whoop it up
Words related to "bat"
- Chiroptera
- at-bat
- ball
- baseball
- baseball bat
- baseball game
- bat
- batter
- batting
- beat
- beat out
- blink
- carnivorous bat
- chiropteran
- clobber
- club
- cream
- cricket bat
- cricket equipment
- crush
- drub
- eutherian
- eutherian mammal
- flail
- flutter
- fruit bat
- grip
- handgrip
- handle
- hit
- hold
- lam
- lick
- lumber
- megabat
- microbat
- nictate
- nictitate
- order Chiroptera
- paddle
- placental
- placental mammal
- play
- racket
- racquet
- shell
- squash racket
- squash racquet
- switch-hit
- thrash
- thresh
- trounce
- turn
- vanquish
- wing
- wink
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