The difference is what you imagine when someone says “catch the ball”. In my language, there is a single common word for catch, hold and grab. (Catch the ball,

The difference is what you imagine when someone says “catch the ball”. In my language, there is a single common word for catch, hold and grab. (Catch the ball, hold the rope, grab the stick). So if someone said “catch the ball” to me in English, I’d imagine a ball coming at me that I need to catch. But if someone said the same sentence in my native language I’d imagine holding on to a ball that was handed to me