The difference between Association football and Footy
When used as nouns, association football means a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent, whereas footy means football (association football) (soccer in us, canada, australia, new zealand).
Footy is also adjective with the meaning: having foots, or settlings.
check bellow for the other definitions of Association football and Footy
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Association football as a noun:
A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.
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Footy as a noun (uncountable, British):
Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)
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Footy as a noun (uncountable, Australia):
The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer
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Footy as a noun (countable, Australia):
The ball used in a game of footy.
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Footy as a noun (usually plural):
A short sock.
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Footy as an adjective (UK, dialect, dated):
Having foots, or settlings.
Examples:
"footy oil or molasses"
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Footy as an adjective (UK, dialect, dated):
poor; mean
Examples:
"rfquotek Charles Kingsley"