Difference between sports and games

Difference between sports and games

When we talk about sports and games. We consider them the same but there is difference between sports and games.
Below are the differences between sports and games.

Definitions of Sports and Games

Game
An activity typically involves skill. Knowledge or luck in which you follow fixed rules and try to win against an opponent.

  • Involve both mental activities and physical activities.
  • Examples: Chess, Ludo, saltire, Tag, Hide and Seek and hopscotch.
  • Mostly played indoors.
  • Usually involved chance, especially board games and card games

Sports

Sports is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another team.

  • Mainly involve physical activities.
  • Examples: Baseball, soccer, mining, cycling, rock-climbing, rugby and cricket.
  • Mostly played outdoors.
  • Do not involve chance

Differences between sports and games

⦁ Sports mean competition, on the other hand, games mean entertainment.
⦁ Sports involved mainly physical activities but games involve both mental activities and physical activities.
⦁ Sports focus is one person’s ability, the difference with game focuses on one or more abilities and players too.
⦁ Sports are mostly played outdoors, and behind games are mostly played indoors.
⦁ A person participating in sports is called “an athlete or a sports person”.A person who participates in a game is known as a “Player”.
⦁ Examples of sports are; Football, Badminton, Volleyball, Running, Cycling, Swimming, etc.
⦁ Examples of our games are; Chess, Ludo, Hide and Seek, Uno card, Tag, Solitaire, etc.

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