 The wooden balls used in bocce tend to be bigger than the smaller metal balls used in pétanque.The same game can be known by different names in different languages and locations or the same name can be used for different local variations of a game.The category of boules games includes 

The Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules - CMSB - was created (on 21 December 1985 in Monaco) by three international boules organizations for the purpose of lobbying the Olympic committee to make boules sports part of the summer Olympics.