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Foxing vs Boxing - What's the difference?

foxing | boxing |

As verbs the difference between foxing and boxing

is that foxing is present participle of lang=en while boxing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between foxing and boxing

is that foxing is the discolouration of printed material with brown marks while boxing is a sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.

foxing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (wikipedia foxing)
  • The discolouration of printed material with brown marks
  • A band of material joining the upper of a shoe to the sole.
  • boxing

    English

    Etymology 1

    From

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (wikipedia boxing) (-)
  • (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
  • Synonyms
    * (sports) fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from boxing) * boxing glove * boxing match * boxing ring * kick-boxing, kickboxing * shadow-boxing, shadowboxing
    See also
    (terms associated with boxing) * clinch * down for the count * fancy footwork * left hook * on the ropes * on the canvas * on the mat * upper cut * prizefighting * ring * wrestling * (boxing)

    Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Material used for making boxes or casing.
  • (construction) Casing.
  • (programming) Automatical conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
  • Antonyms
    * (programming) unboxing

    Verb

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