The difference between Basketball and Hoops
When used as nouns, basketball means a sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop, whereas hoops means basketball.
check bellow for the other definitions of Basketball and Hoops
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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.
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Hoops as a noun (US, in the plural):
basketball
Examples:
"Let's shoot some hoops!"
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Hoops as a noun:
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Hoops as a verb: