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Bailing vs Sailing - What's the difference?

bailing | sailing |

As verbs the difference between bailing and sailing

is that bailing is present participle of lang=en while sailing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between bailing and sailing

is that bailing is the act by which something is bailed while sailing is motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.

As an adjective sailing is

travelling by ship.

bailing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is bailed.
  • * Ernest Thompson Seton, Two Little Savages
    • He took a bucket and bailed the muddy stuff out right to the bottom, and let it fill up to be again bailed out. After three bailings the water came in cold, sweet, and pure as crystal.

    sailing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
  • Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
  • The time of departure from a port

    • Derived terms

    * clear sailing * plain sailing * sailing ship * sailing dinghy * sailing vessel

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Travelling by ship

    • Verb

    (head)

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