Learn English – Is the phrase “spherical ball” redundant

redundancy

In a computer science course, our professor was explaining the idea of object oriented programming using the analogy of soccer. While reading the Wikipedia article on Association Football, it said this:

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a
sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical
ball

If ball is connotated with a round, spherical object, is saying "spherical ball" redundant?

Best Answer

No, it's clearly not redundant. Compare it with this.

Rugby football, more commonly known as rugby or rugby union, is a sport played between two teams of fifteen players with a non-spherical ball.

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