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In the following images I have tried to show you which verb I am trying to find; I need to know what are the persons marked with "B" doing in the images bellow:
A) They are evading.
B) They are dodging.
C) They are ducking.
I think "b" is the only correct choice. If not please tell me what verb is used for these reactions?
To duck means to lower one's head or entire body down to avoid something above. It can imply crouching.
To evade means to move significantly in order to actively avoid something, or sometimes is synonymous with avoid if the thing being avoided is constantly moving and it's location is visible or known. This is not a very specific term.
To dodge means to move slightly in order to actively avoid something, and is usually used in contexts where lateral movement is needed.
For the boxing example, B is dodging A's punch.
For the dodgeball example, it looks like B is in the process of ducking. Dodging wouldn't be wrong here but might imply the ball has already been thrown whereas in the pic it hasn't yet.
In both these instances, evading is something the players should always be doing, so it's too vague of a term in either case.
In the top photo:
A is punching or throwing a punch
B is evading (moving below the punch could be ducking)
In the bottom photo:
A is throwing
B is evading or dodging. It depends on where the ball is being thrown, (at the person or the person is just in the way).
Dodging or ducking in the boxing scene, dodging or, possibly, ducking in the ball scene. "Dodge" and "duck" have the connotation of quick physical movement.
"Evading" has a connotation of something that happens over a longer time and, sometimes, is at least quasi-illegal, e.g. "evading taxes", "evading the law", but also "evading Joe, the PITA neighbor" [PITA is an increasingly-common acronym for Pain In The Arse]. We could use "dodging" or "ducking" for those cases too, especially in the case of Joe, but "evading" isn't usually momentary or done by simple body movement. "Evading the punch" sounds odd, but "evading the punches" doesn't: it means there were at least several punches and none of them landed, the evasion was something that was done over more than momentary time.
