Difference between Ump and Umpire

What is the difference between Ump and Umpire?

Ump as a noun is an umpire. while Umpire as a noun is the official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.

Ump

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An umpire.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To act as an umpire.

Umpire

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To act as an umpire in a game.

Example sentence: I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

We hope you now know whether to use Ump or Umpire in your sentence.

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