Three sizes of balls. The largest are for Billiards, played on a table with no pockets and using only three balls. This is the old "gentleman's game." Points for number of caroms and ability to tap certain balls. Pocket billiards. The middle size. 8-...
pool and billiards and snooker are all types of billiard games. billiards is more a "gentleman's" name, while pool is more slang/street. some call 14.1 or straight pool billiards. Table differences: most billiard games are played on a 7' (bar table) ...
You ask about "billiards" not "pocket billiards". There is no difference in the British or American version. A billiard table has no pockets. All three-cushion games are the same. All balk line games are played by the same rules. Now if you are talki...