Ball
Ball noun - A social gathering for dancing.
Usage example: a ball to celebrate the inauguration
Event
Event noun - A social gathering.
Usage example: the mayor's evenings are often tied up with one event after another
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| particular | particular ball | particular event |
| similar | similar ball | similar event |
| complete | complete ball | complete event |
| formal | formal ball | formal event |
| Other adjectives: regular, current, original, single, small, actual, real, massive, large, big, huge, new, final, titular, next, last, occasional, annual, magical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In Blood Bowl, if you get the "blitz" kick off event, it is entirely possible for the person who kick the ball to run over where the ball will land, and catch it.
Source: Violation of Common Sense - Unsurprisingly, most players take the option to chuck the ball at the man hosting the event instead, and not because the couple will be grateful and give them an item later on.
Source: Maligned Mixed Marriage -
Bizarrely, on most missions where you're invited to a ball or other social event, you stay in armor, except for one story mission where you and your companions wear formal attire instead.
Source: 24-Hour Armor
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Event and Ball. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ball/event
Ball & Event. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ball/event>.
Event or Ball. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ball/event.
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