Breeze vs. Cricket — What's the Difference?

A light current of air; a gentle wind.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat (and running between the wickets), while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out").

Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 27 knots (5 to 31 miles per hour; 7 to 50 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.

Any of various orthopteran insects of the family Gryllidae, having long antennae and legs adapted for leaping. The males of many species produce a shrill chirping sound by rubbing the front wings together.

(Informal) Something, such as a task, that is easy to do.

(Sports) An outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each.

The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made.

Good sportsmanship and fair conduct

To move quickly, smoothly, or easily

A small wooden footstool.

To progress swiftly or easily

A ridged structure made of two adjoining triangular pieces covered with flashing or roofing material and built at the upper intersection of a roof and chimney to divert water and prevent the accumulation of snow and debris. Also called saddle.

A light, gentle wind.

To play the game of cricket.

(figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

(cricket) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.

In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.

An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.

A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.

A brief workout for a racehorse.

A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.

A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.

An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.

Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.

(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.

To move casually, in a carefree manner.

An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.

(weather) To blow gently.

A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).

To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.

A wooden footstool.

(of fish) To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface.

To play the game of cricket.

(intransitive) To buzz.

An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.

A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidæ, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; - called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies.

A low stool.

A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.

A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.

An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze.

A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.

Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.

To play at cricket.

Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.

Leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

To blow gently.

A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

A slight wind (usually refreshing);

Play cricket

Any undertaking that is easy to do;

Blow gently and lightly;

To proceed quickly and easily