Quoit vs. Discus — What's the Difference?

Quoits (used with a sing. verb) A game in which players toss rings of metal, rope, or rubber at a stake, trying to get each ring to land with the stake through its center or close to the stake.

A heavy thick-centred disc thrown by an athlete, in ancient Greek games or in modern field events.

One of the rings used in this game.

A small colourful South American freshwater fish with a rounded laterally compressed body, native to South America and popular in aquariums.

A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.

A disk, typically wooden, plastic, or rubber with a metal rim, that is thrown for distance in athletic competitions.

A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.

A track-and-field event in which a discus is thrown.

The flat stone covering a cromlech.

Pl. discus Any of several small colorful South American freshwater fish of the genus Symphysodon that have a disk-shaped body and are popular in home aquariums.

An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.

Something resembling a flat circular plate; a disk.

The discus used in ancient sports.

A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.

(intransitive) To play quoits.

(uncountable) The athletics sport of discus throwing.

(transitive) To throw like a quoit.

(plural: discus) A discus fish (genus Symphysodon)

A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.

A chakram.

The discus of the ancients. See Discus.

A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.

A cromlech.

A disk. See Disk.

To throw quoits; to play at quoits.

An athletic competition in which a disc-shaped object is thrown as far as possible

To throw; to pitch.

A disk used in throwing competitions

Game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in the game of quoits