different between ball vs stone

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: bôl, IPA^(key): /b??l/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /b?l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Homophone: bawl

Etymology 1

From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”) or Old Norse b?llr (“a ball”), both from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?oln- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale.

Noun

ball (countable and uncountable, plural balls)

1. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
   1. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

   2. (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
      1. A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
      2. (uncountable, obsolete) Such bullets collectively.
         • 1659, Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, England’s Confusion, London, p. 7,^[1]

           […] the Good Old Cause, which, as they seemed to represent it, smelt of Gunpowder and ball […]

         • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, London: W. Taylor, p. 294,^[2]

           I gave each of them a Musket with a Firelock on it, and about eight Charges of Powder and Ball, charging them to be very good Husbands of both, and not to use either of them but upon urgent Occasion.

         • 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 148,^[3]

           […] some headstrong Maroons were using a soldier of Captain Craskell’s ill, and compelling him to write to his commander, that it was too late to do any thing good, and that they wanted nothing, having got plenty of powder and ball […]
   3. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body.

   4. (anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
   5. The globe; the earthly sphere.
      • c. 1712', Joseph Addison, Ode to the Creator of the World

        What, though in solemn Silence, all
        Move round the dark terrestrial Ball!

      • 1717, Alexander Pope, "Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady"

        Thus, if eternal Justice rules the ball, / Thus shall your wives, and thus your children fall;

   6. (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.
   7. (mathematics, more generally) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.
   8. An object, generally spherical, used for playing games in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, etc.
2. (sports) A round or ellipsoidal object.
   1. Any sport or game involving a ball.

   3. (baseball) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
   4. (pinball) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.

   5. (cricket) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
   6. (soccer) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
3. (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
   1. (in the plural) Nonsense.

   2. (in the plural) Courage.

4. (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
5. (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
   • 1842, James White, A compendium of the veterinary art

     The laxative alterative has not this advantage, the aloes, of which it is composed, being extremely bitter, and therefore requiring to be given in the form of a ball.

Synonyms

• sphere
• globe
• (testicle): See Thesaurus:testicle
• (nonsense): See Thesaurus:nonsense
• (courage): chutzpah, guts, nerve

Derived terms

(solid or hollow sphere):

(testicle):

Translations

Verb

ball (third-person singular simple present balls, present participle balling, simple past and past participle balled)

1. (transitive) To form or wind into a ball.

   Synonyms: roll up, wad

2. (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
3. (transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulate with
4. (transitive, intransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.

5. (slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
6. (nonstandard, slang) To play basketball.
7. (transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and chain
   • 1865, Camp Sumpter, Andersonville National Historic Site, Rules and Regulations of the Prison

     any man refusing to do police duty will be punished by the sergts by balling him the rest of the day.

Translations

Interjection

ball

1. (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.

Etymology 2

From French bal, from Late Latin ball?.

Noun

ball (plural balls)

1. A formal dance.
2. (informal) A very enjoyable time.

   Synonyms: blast, whale of a time

3. A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.

Derived terms

Related terms

• ballad
• ballade

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From French bal (“a dance”)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ba?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

ball m (plural balls)

1. dance
2. ball, formal dance

Synonyms

• dansa

Derived terms

• ball de bastons

Related terms

• ballar

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from French balle (“ball”).

Noun

ball

1. estimation, score

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[5], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From French bal (“a dance”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal?/
• Rhymes: -al?

Noun

ball n (genitive singular balls, nominative plural böll)

1. dance

Declension

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ball, from Proto-Celtic *ballos, from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to blow, swell, inflate”); compare English ball, Greek ?????? (phallós, “penis”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /b??ul??/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /b???l??/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /b?al??/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /b?al??/

Noun

ball m (genitive singular baill, nominative plural baill)

1. (anatomy) organ
2. component part
3. member
4. article
5. spot, place
6. spot, mark
7. (sets) element, member

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "ball" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English *beall.

Noun

ball

1. Alternative form of bal

Etymology 2

Probably from Old French bale.

Noun

ball

1. Alternative form of bale (“bale”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse b?llr.

Noun

ball m (definite singular ballen, indefinite plural baller, definite plural ballene)

1. ball (solid or hollow sphere)
2. ball (object, usually spherical, used for playing games)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bal.

Noun

ball n (definite singular ballet, indefinite plural ball or baller, definite plural balla or ballene)

1. ball (formal social occasion involving dancing)

Derived terms

• ballkjole
• ballsal

References

• “ball” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse b?llr.

Noun

ball m (definite singular ballen, indefinite plural ballar, definite plural ballane)

1. a ball (solid or hollow sphere)
2. a ball (object, usually spherical, used for playing games)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bal.

Noun

ball n (definite singular ballet, indefinite plural ball, definite plural balla)

1. ball (formal social occasion involving dancing)

Derived terms

• ballkjole
• ballsal

References

• “ball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ballos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal?/

Noun

ball m

1. a body part
2. member of a group
3. part, portion
4. a colored spot

Declension

Descendants

• Irish: ball
• Scottish Gaelic: ball

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ball m (“limb, member, organ; member of community; part, portion, piece; article, object; place, spot; passage (of a book); spot, mark, blemish”) (compare Irish ball), from Proto-Celtic *ballo-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”) (compare English ball, Ancient Greek ?????? (phallós, “penis”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paul??/

Noun

ball m (genitive singular buill, plural buill)

1. ball
2. member (of a group)
3. article, item
4. (anatomy) organ; limb

Derived terms

• ball-coise (“football, soccer”)
• ball-basgaid (“basketball”)
• ball-beusa (“baseball”)
• ball-stèidhe (“baseball”)
• ball-bholaidh (“volleyball”)
• ball-goilf (“golf ball”)
• Ball Pàrlamaid, BP (“Member of Parliament, MP”)
• ballrachd (“membership”)
• BPA

Mutation

References

• “ball” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bal?/

Adjective

ball

1. (slang) cool, hip, fun, entertaining

   Synonym: cool

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English stone, ston, stan, from Old English st?n, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (compare Dutch steen, German Stein, Danish and Swedish sten, Norwegian stein), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh?- (“to stiffen”) (compare Russian ?????? (stená, “wall”), Ancient Greek ???? (stía, “pebble”), ????? (stéar, “tallow”), Persian ????? (sot?n, “pillar”), Albanian shtëng (“hardened or pressed matter”), Sanskrit ????????? (sty?yate, “it hardens”)). Doublet of stein.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /st??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sto?n/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /st??n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Noun

stone (countable and uncountable, plural stones or stone) (see usage notes)

1. (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
2. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
3. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
4. (Britain, plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (?6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, &c) but now principally used for personal weight
   • 1992 October 3, Edwina Currie, Diary:

     Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit.

5. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

6. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.

7. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
8. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

9. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
10. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)

11. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
12. (obsolete) A testicle of an animal.
13. (dated, printing) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.

Usage notes

All countable senses use the plural stones except the British unit of mass, which uses the invariant plural stone.

Synonyms

• (substance): rock
• (small piece of stone): pebble
• (unit of mass): petra
• (of fruit): pip, pit
• (hard stone-like deposit): calculus
• (curling piece): rock

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: ston
• ? Esperanto: ?tono

Translations

Verb

stone (third-person singular simple present stones, present participle stoning, simple past and past participle stoned)

1. (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

   She got stoned to death after they found her.

2. (transitive) To wall with stones.
3. (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
4. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
5. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
6. (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
7. (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

Synonyms

• (pelt with stones): lapidate
• (do nothing, just relaxing): chill, chillax, chill out, hang out, rilek
• (do nothing, stare into space): daydream, veg out

Translations

Adjective

stone (not comparable)

1. Constructed of stone.

   stone walls

   Synonym: (archaic) stonen

2. Having the appearance of stone.

   stone pot

3. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
4. (African-American Vernacular) Used as an intensifier.

   She is one stone fox.
5. (LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

   stone butch; stone femme

   Antonym: pillow princess

Translations

Adverb

stone (not comparable)

1. As a stone (used with following adjective).

   My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.

2. (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).

   I went stone crazy after she left.

   I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.

Translations

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• 'onest, ETNOs, Eston, SONET, notes, onest, onset, set on, seton, steno, steno-, tones

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ston/

Adjective

stone (plural stones)

1. stoned (high on drugs)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ston, stan, stoon, stoone, stane, stoan

Etymology

From Old English st?n, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA^(key): /st??n/
• IPA^(key): /st??n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Noun

stone (plural stones or stone or (Early ME, rare) stonen)

1. A stone, boulder, or pebble:
   1. A millstone or whetstone.
   2. A pebble used in a slingshot.
2. A solid mass resembling stone, especially:
   1. A piece of hail, a hailstone
   2. A kidney stone or gallstone
   3. A pit (the hard seed of a fruit)
   4. A jewel or precious crystal
   5. (colloquial) A testicle.
3. Stone as a material (especially in construction)
4. A stone structure or monument, especially a tomb or tombstone.
5. A stone (unit of mass)

Related terms

Descendants

• English: stone (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: stane
• Yola: sthoan

References

• “st?n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.