Whats the difference between snooker and billiards?

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Whats the difference between snooker and billiards?

Answer 1

IS THIS 4 OR 5??

Answer 2

found a definition of billiards from Encyclopaedia Britannica,

"any of various games played on a rectangular table with a designated number of small balls and a long stick called a cue. The table and the cushioned rail bordering the table are topped with a feltlike tight-fitting cloth. Carom, or French, billiards is played with three balls on a table that has no pockets. The other principal games are played on tables that have six pockets, …" [1]

English Billiards is played with only 3 balls. 2 whites and 1 red ball.

You can find some information at the following link, look down the page for the title 'English Billiards". It also provides some information on snooker.

http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Billia...

The rules of billiards can be found here

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~billiard/house_...

Just in case you do not know what a 'cue' ball is. It is the ball you have to hit with your stick or cue.

Snooker has 1 white ball, 15 red balls, and 6 coloured balls. The 6 colours being Yellow, Green, Brown, Blue, Pink, and Black.

The white ball is the 'cue' ball.

The red balls are worth 1 point.

The coloured balls are worth Yellow - 2 points., Green - 3 points, Brown - 4 points, Blue - 5 points, Pink - 6 points, Black - 7 points. [2]

The page I gave with English Billiards also has snooker information, you need to go to the title of 'Snooker' on the page:

http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Billia...

More snooker rules can be found here:

http://www.billiardworld.com/snooker.htm...

Pool is usually played with 1 white ball and 15 coloured and numbered balls. There are a few varities to snooker, including 8-ball, 9-ball, etc.

You can find the rules to these different varieties from the following web page. You will have to click the link on the left that says 'GAME RULES' and selct on of the items in there.

http://www.bca-pool.com/play/

8-ball is probably the most known game, and its rules, objectives, etc can be found here:

http://www.epa.org.uk/wrules.php

11 months ago

Source(s):

[1] "billiards." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 18 Nov. 2006

< http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-907... >.

[2] http://www.worldsnooker.com/equipment.ht...

Answer 3

The general difference is the size of the pockets and balls. snooker is smaller both and more difficult.

Answer 4

they are spelt differently

Answer 5

Billiards, in general, is played with three balls (can be played with four balls as well) which are larger than the balls used to play American pocket pool (9-ball, 8-ball, straight, one pocket, etc.) or snooker balls which are even smaller than American pocket pool balls. Snooker tables can be as large as 6 foot by 12 foot, and the pockets have rounded corners that eject balls that are hit too hard and inaccurate. Billiards tables are typically 10 foot by 5 foot with no pockets since the objective in billiards is not to pocket balls.