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.


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  1. Basketball as a noun (sports, uncountable):

    A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

  2. Basketball as a noun (countable):

    The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

  1. Hoops as a noun (US, in the plural):

    basketball

    Examples:

    "Let's shoot some hoops!"

  2. Hoops as a noun:

  1. Hoops as a verb:

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