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Boxing vs Punching - What's the difference?

boxing | punching |

As verbs the difference between boxing and punching

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

As nouns the difference between boxing and punching

is that 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 while punching is an incident in which someone is punched.

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
    Related terms
    * box * boxer
    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

    (head)

    • punching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * punching bag

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gerund of punch) An incident in which someone is punched
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 25, Evonne Barry, Booze and the trail of violence, Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=Over the past four years, the rate of "interpersonal" attacks and "penetrating injuries" - such as stabbings, glassings, punchings , beatings - has doubled, he said. }}
  • process of making holes in something