The difference between Basket and Basketball
When used as nouns, basket means a lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom, whereas basketball means a sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
Basket is also verb with the meaning: to place in a basket or in baskets.
check bellow for the other definitions of Basket and Basketball
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Basket as a noun:
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
Examples:
"A basket of fake fruit adorned the table."
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Basket as a noun:
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
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Basket as a noun:
In an online shop, a notional place to store items before ordering them.
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Basket as a noun (basketball):
A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
Examples:
"The point guard drove toward the basket."
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Basket as a noun (basketball):
The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
Examples:
"The last-second basket sealed the victory."
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Basket as a noun:
The game of basketball.
Examples:
"Let's play some basket."
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Basket as a noun:
A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the mens' shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
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Basket as a noun (UK, slang):
The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.
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Basket as a noun (obsolete):
In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
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Basket as a noun (archaic):
A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon. A singlestick with a basket hilt.
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Basket as a noun (ballooning):
Where the pilot and passengers are.
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Basket as a noun (architecture):
The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
Examples:
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Basket as a noun (informal, euphemism):
Bastard.
Examples:
"Wait till I catch you, you little basket!"
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Basket as a verb:
To place in a basket or in baskets.
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Basketball as a noun (sports, uncountable):
A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
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Basketball as a noun (countable):
The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.