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What is the difference among Pool, Billiards and Snooker ??

Sachin Tendulkar.  Hearing the name, the thing that comes to mind is 'GOD of Cricket'.  Roger Federer . Tennis/Wimbledon is where you are transported to.  Lionel Messi . A guy dribbling the football, making fool of the best of defenders.  Pankaj Advani . A genius, with a cue stick in hand, standing next to a Pool table. Or is it a Snooker table? No, it's a Billiards table. Ahh.. Let's find out.  Pool, Billiards and Snooker look almost the same on the face of it. A pair of sticks, a group of balls and a plush, exquisite green table. Collectively, they refer to a class of games known as  Cue sports . Cue sports, invented around 15th century, were invented as the indoor versions of the outdoor games such as Golf, Croquet, Trucco. These outdoor games were prominent among the elite, the royalty and no surprise, even the Cue sports were the favourite time pass for the  rich . What are Cue Sports? Cue sports, also called Billiard sports, are played with a Cue