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Aiming vs Striking - What's the difference?

aiming | striking |

As verbs the difference between aiming and striking

is that aiming is present participle of lang=en while striking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between aiming and striking

is that aiming is the act of one who aims while striking is the act by which something strikes or is struck.

As an adjective striking is

making a strong impression.

aiming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who aims.
  • * 1867 , William Hickman Smith Aubrey, The National and Domestic History of England
    • The aimings after the impossible, represented by the Uniformity Act of 1549, had failed

    striking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making a strong impression.
  • :
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  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking . In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something strikes or is struck.
  • * 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
    • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

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